In a message dated 10/1/00 7:20:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time, steve jones
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> Here is a New Scientist article, based on a SCIENCE report, which says
> that molecular clocks, the rate of neutral mtDNA mutation, is possibly 100
> times faster than previously thought.
>
> If this turns out to be really the case, it would bring any "Mitochondrial
> Eve", the last common female genetic ancestor, which has been variously
> dated from ~ 400-60 kya, into closer contact with Biblical time-frames.
> >>
What about nuclear DNA mutation rates?
Do we just ignore that much larger amount of information because if we put a
certain spin on reality, the YEWC framework looks peachy?
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