Submitted by nodeciapalabras t3_ylu0ir in askscience
Chemiczny_Bogdan t1_iv31t2s wrote
Reply to comment by za419 in Why don't we have Neandertal mitochondrial DNA? by nodeciapalabras
> all living women have an unbroken daughter-to-mother line with Mitochondrial Eve
Since all humans regardless of sex have mitochondrial DNA (unlike a Y chromosome), all living men also descend from the Mitochondrial Eve.
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