Submitted by vesuvisian t3_zwg75b in askscience
Octavus t1_j1wgus9 wrote
Reply to comment by WilliamMorris420 in What is the ‘widest’ ancestral generation? by vesuvisian
He has the same mitochondrial DNA haplotype as Cheddar Man, which isn't passed down by males so isn't actually evidence at all that he is a descendant of Cheddar Man. Only that the share the same female ancestor.
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