From: martinharran@gmail.com   
      
   On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 11:07:19 -0600, DB Cates    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 2026-01-10 3:51 a.m., Martin Harran wrote:   
      
   [...]   
      
   >> "There are many candidates for Adam and Eve as a couple from whom we   
   >> are all descended. Mitochondrial Eve's parents are one such couple.   
   >> Her grandparents are another two such couples, her great-grandparents   
   >> 4 such couples and so on. The same logic applies to Y-Chromosomal   
   >> Adam."   
   >>   
   >You do realize that the couples you are referring to are candidates for   
   >the common ancestor of all extant humans , not for all humans throughout   
   >time. There likely is no *human* couple who are a common ancestor for   
   >*all* humans. So no biblical 'Adam and Eve'.   
      
   Yes, I do realise that. Now, do *you* realise that Y-Adam and mt-Eve   
   are moving targets and that if you go back in time, you come up with a   
   different, earlier Y-Adam and mt-Eve relevant to the extant population   
   at that time?   
      
   If we go back roughly 3500 years to when Genesis is believed to have   
   been written, there would have been an Y-Adam and a  mt-Eve for that   
   extant population. Or go back 10,000 years to cover the time when the   
   stories in Genesis were likely handed down orally and the same thing   
   applies.   
      
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