"Mitochondrial Eve" refers to:

A. a hypothetical population of African women from whom all modern humans are descended
B. a population of energetic women who killed off the Neanderthals
C. the biblical Eve who lived about 6,000 years ago
D. a hypothetical African woman, the ancestor of all modern humans


A. a hypothetical population of African women from whom all modern humans are descended

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