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Study: Genetic Roots Go
Back 270,000 Years

A study tracing the genetic roots of humanity suggests that the first common male ancestor- the father of us all, some might call him-evolved 270,000 years ago. This is the same era that other researchers give for the `African Eve.'

Robert L. Dorit of Yale University said the new research "shows that all people are virtually identical from a genetic viewpoint. Except for superficial things, we're all alike."

Dorit and two co-authors looked for humankind's common male ancestor by seeking genetic mutations in a specific part of the Y chromosome, which is passed only from father to son. By measuring these mutations in a representative population of living men, Dorit said, "it is possible to calculate backward in time to a point where all humans shared the same male ancestor." Abstracted from The Orange County Register, May 26, 1995 From the Collection of the Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research (SHHAR) P.O. Box 5294 FULLERTON, CA 92635 Phone: 714-894-8161 Or e-mail to REPSHHAR2@aol.com

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