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The Myth of Eve: Molecular Biology and Human Origins

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Adam and Eve

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Claim-specific genetics source explaining why a mitochondrial most recent common ancestor is not the only woman alive or a recent sole female founder of humanity.

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Mitochondrial Eve is the most recent common ancestor through strictly maternal mitochondrial lines; she was not the only woman alive.

Answer / theory: No. Mitochondrial Eve is the most recent common ancestor through maternal mitochondrial lines. What supports it: Population genetics. What is weak or disputed: Popular claims confuse genetic terminology with biblical identity. Evidence level: Misrepresented Source when used as biblical proof.
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Genesis 2–3 presents primeval human figures, but the listed population-genetics sources do not support a recent sole-pair biological origin for all modern humans.

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Modern ancient-intervention literature reinterprets Adam and Eve as engineered humans, but Genesis and population genetics do not document or support that mechanism.

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