Y Chromosomal Adam and Mitochondrial Eve: Polygenism and probabilistic considerations

[Rev. Rye]

And something nobody mentioned earlier in this thread: there’s a lot of dispute about the ages of said Y-Chromosomal Adam and Mitochondrial Eve. There’s even a strong possibility that not only did they never meet, but that they were born thousands of years apart. One recent estimate went as far as saying that “Adam” was born 140,000 years before “Eve.”