By Ellie Zolfagharifard PUBLISHED: 12:13 EST, 1 August 2013 | UPDATED: 12:13 EST, 1 August 2013 Adam and Eve lived in Africa at the same time - but probably never met, scientists claim. It was previously believed that ‘Y-chromosomal Adam’ and ‘Mitochondrial Eve’ - the most recent common ancestors to males and females - lived at completely different times. But a new study of 69 men from around the world found ‘Y-chromosomal Adam’ walked the Earth between 120,000 and 156,000 years ago, much earlier than previously believed. A new study of 69 men from around the world found 'Y-chromosomal Adam' walked the Earth between 120,000 and 156,000 years ago, much earlier than previously believed. It places him nearer to Eve who was around 99,000 to 148,000 years ago the analysis found
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'Y-chromosomal Adam’ is thought to have walked the Earth between 120,000 and 156,000 years ago
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This places him nearer to Eve who was around 99,000 to 148,000 years ago
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Researchers say it is ‘extremely unlikely’ they were exact contemporaries
@placeholder and Y-chromosomal Adam are the two individuals who passed down a portion of their genomes to the vast expanse of humanity.
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