Chickadee248
Chickadee248 t1_j6kp6dd wrote
Reply to All of us have direct ancestors who survived 5 global mass extinctions and outlived the dinosaurs by Arinupa
We all share one female ancestor and one male ancestor, though they never met each other. Mitochondrial Eve and Chromosomal Adam.
So technically we're all cousins.
Chickadee248 t1_j6mlvmi wrote
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It most absolutely does cuz 😎 I teach middle school history. I intro'd this concept with something like "Who thinks Zendaya is cute? Wow. She is your COUSIN. That is DISGUSTING." They got a kick out of it.