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Anyhow, have a Winfield 25.
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Once again. The fossil and genetic evidence suggests that modern homo sapiens sapiens (our species) evolved from archaic home sapiens about 200,000 years ago. Possibly from a group of homo rhodesiensis separated geographically from most other of the other homo sapiens alive at the time. Of course modern homo sapiens sapiens just happens to be the only surviving species or sub-species.
The female individual that all humans can trace their mitochondrial DNA was but one of what is believed to be several thousand contemporary females. All those other female contemporaries failed to produce a direct unbroken female line to every woman living in the present day. DNA studies show that these other females have living descendants today, but at least one of the line was a male. Male homo sapiens also existed at the time of Mitochondrial Eve, possibly up to 4,000-6,000 individuals.
DNA studies indicate that the size of the ancient human population, about 200,000 years ago never dropped below tens of thousands and anatomically modern humans evolved from archaic homo-sapiens who continued to exist alongside modern homo-sapiens but eventually, died out.
Again this is accepted scientific knowledge backed up by nuclear DNA evidence. Feel free to present alternative scientific evidence that supports a first and only pair of homo sapiens on earth.
As was suggested earlier, it is entirely possible for Adam and Eve to have existed at the same time. Whether they actually met is a different matter. But at least we know it is possible.
http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ng.3171.html