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Rebecca L. Cann | |
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| Born | 1951 Burlington, Iowa, United States |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Known for | Mitochondrial Eve Out of Africa theory |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Anthropology, genetics, ornithology |
| Institutions | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |
| Doctoral advisor | Allan Wilson |
Rebecca L. Cann (born 1951) is a geneticist who made a scientific breakthrough on mitochondrial DNA variation and evolution in humans, popularly called Mitochondrial Eve. Her discovery that all living humans are genetically descended from a single African mother who lived <200,000 years ago became the foundation of the Out of Africa theory, the most widely accepted explanation of the origin of all modern humans. She is currently Professor in the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.[1]
- ^ Wood B (2011). Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution (2 ed.). New Jersey, US: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 9781444342475.
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