This collection of quotes is being compiled by Lo Snöfall

09 May 2009

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_evolution
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/human/human_evolution/index.shtm
http://anthropology.si.edu/humanorigins/faq/encarta/encarta.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_recent_common_ancestor
"While we may not all be 'brothers,' the models suggest we are all hundredth cousins or so," said Joseph T. Chang, professor in the Department of Statistics at Yale University
These more realistic models estimate that the most recent common ancestor of mankind lived as recently as about 3,000 years ago, and the identical ancestors point was as recent as several thousand years ago.


Electron micrograph of a single mitochondrion showing the organized arrangement of the protein matrix and the inner mitochondrial membranes. (Credit: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services/National Institutes of Health)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080515154635.htm

Blog Archive