Sunday, November 18, 2012

The Real Eve

Broadcast (2002) Narrated by Danny Glover, "The Real Eve" reveals that our shared genetic heritage links every living person on earth and traces the expansion of modern humans throughout the world. The discovery of the Eve gene stunned the world. It seems we could all be descended from just one female who lived in Africa. In this telling anthropological video, we access the very latest DNA reconstructions, and for the first time, tell conclusively the story of where, when and how the human race came about and then populated the world. The real Eve refers to Mitochondrial Eve, a name used for the most recent common ancestor of all humans in the matrilineal (mother to daughter) line of descent. Scientists have traced the human race to one female in Africa several million years ago and traced the migration pattern of her descendants as they spread across the earth.



Related Links:
The Incredible Human Journey
Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey

2 comments:

  1. There has been a lot of push back on this story. Possibly racism will not allow all people on earth, especially European people to believe they have the DNA of an African woman. It goes against their SUPERIORITY theory. I enjoyed the documentary. Would like to see a follow-up to debate the pros and cons.

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  2. There has been a lot of push back on this story. Possibly racism will not allow all people on earth, especially European people to believe they have the DNA of an African woman. It goes against their SUPERIORITY theory. I enjoyed the documentary. Would like to see a follow-up to debate the pros and cons.

    ReplyDelete