Missing concepts

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Missing concepts

LJ — 9/30/2004 4:32:20 PM (archived)

The article doesn't say that this one woman was the ONLY ancestor of everyone on Earth, just that she is the most recent COMMON ancestor, in other words everyone on Earth is somehow related through this woman. I've read this before, and when you do the math it's not that surprising.

another source

A little more shaky is the analysis someone did a few years ago that indicated that everyone now alive had at least one carbon atom in them that was once in Julius Caesar's body - but I wouldn't discount it.

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Madam, I'm Adam. - Tom Brosz - 9/30/2004 4:24:05 AM
- Missing concepts - LJ - 9/30/2004 4:32:20 PM
  - I figured I was misunderstanding the principles involved. - Tom Brosz - 9/30/2004 9:04:00 PM
    - A bit more (than you really wanted?) - LJ - 9/30/2004 9:49:45 PM
      - Wouldn't "related to" be a bit more accurate than "descended from?" (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/1/2004 5:02:30 AM
        
        No - descended from is completely accurate - LJ - 10/1/2004 3:54:35 PM
- So my Pal-in-rome is my recent relative - R.L. - 9/30/2004 8:26:45 AM
- I'm with you - tony - 9/30/2004 5:25:37 AM

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