It’s impossible to prove that we didn’t descend from just two individuals. But the genetic evidence makes that scenario extremely unlikely.
Dennis R. Venema
Dennis Venema is professor of biology at Trinity Western University in Langley, British Columbia. He holds a B.Sc. (with Honors) from the University of British Columbia (1996), and received his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia in 2003. His research is focused on the genetics of pattern formation and signaling using the common fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism.
It’s impossible to prove that we didn’t descend from just two individuals. But the genetic evidence makes that scenario extremely unlikely.
It’s impossible to prove that we didn’t descend from just two individuals. But the genetic evidence makes that scenario extremely unlikely.
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It’s impossible to prove that we didn’t descend from just two individuals. But the genetic evidence makes that scenario extremely unlikely.
While we are not certain of the exact number of people from whom we descended, the data clearly and strongly suggests that it was not from a single couple; our species diverged as a population.
