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>All humans (Everyone with two legs) have a single ancestor 100k years ago

There was a black American that died in South Carolina somewhat recently that gained his Y chromosome from a man older than the common ancestor of most men, Y-Adam.

>Perry did not descend from the genetic Adam. In fact, his Y chromosome was so distinct that his male lineage probably separated from all others about 338,000 years ago [0]

[0] https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23240-the-father-of-a...




I believe you, they are calculated from statistics after all. It's difficult to claim 100%.

On the other hand, he died so...




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