The Real Eve

5 Billion people from one woman

The Real Eve is the title of a popular science book written by Stephen Oppenheimer and a documentary based on the book.

The book is largely based on the “Out of Africa theory” of human origins. Oppenheimer uses information from various disciplines including genetics, archeology, anthropology and linguistics to synthesize theories on the origin of modern humans and their subsequent dispersal around the world.The Eve in the title refers to Mitochondrial Eve, a name used for the most recent common ancestor of all humans in the matrilineal (mother to daughter) line of descent.

The book was initially published under a number of different names including Out of Africa’s Eden: the peopling of the world in January 2003 and The Real Eve: Modern Man’s Journey Out of Africa in June 2003.

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