- Top of the morning. - Top of the morning. How are you all feeling? - I'm feeling great.
I'm feeling energized. - Mm-hmm. - I feel hydrated. - You look good, Freddie. - You do look good. - Yeah, you look fucking ready to go. - Yeah, I'm ready. We're here. We made it. - Yay! - Yes. Last night, we landed at about 11:30 PM with Sam. So tell us a little bit about who you are and why you're here. Sure. So I'm a content and curation scientist at 23andMe https://casinoslots-sa.co.za/welcome. And I'm just really excited to be here talking with you guys about DNA, and women, and haplogroups, and all these other crazy things. - My question is, we hear the word haplogroup a lot in terms of our 23andMe results, and also why we're here. What is a haplogroup? When people think of DNA, they're typically thinking about DNA that's found inside the nucleus of the cell. But the DNA that holds the sort of ancient genetic information that we use to identify maternal haplogroups is found in the mitochondria of the cell. The DNA that's in this mitochondria is called mitochondrial DNA. Big surprise. You might have heard this before. They're the powerhouses of the cell. - Yeah. - That's, like, the only thing anyone remembers from biology. - Yeah. What scientists have been able to do is trace all the way back over 100,000 years ago to the common female line ancestor of everyone who's alive on earth today. - 100,000 years ago? - Yep. - That's insane. - That's so cool. - What is the significance of the L haplogroup? - From what we know about the L haplogroup, it's the kind of main haplogroup within the continent of Africa. There was this woman over 100,000 years ago. At some point, she had at least two daughters. And one of those daughters was forming this branch that we now call L0. And the other daughter formed this branch that was all the rest of the L's. And then many thousands of years later, one of those great great great granddaughters, she had two daughters. And that started splitting into the rest of the people that we see outside of Africa. - So basically, we are all descendants from the one woman who started the L haplogroup. - That's right. But because it is so far back in time, it's not really the same as saying, you know, my great grandma lived in Africa, and I'm her descendant. It's like, the ancient lineage of all humans who are alive today. And it is traced to Africa because that's where modern humans kind of first evolved. - So just so everyone is clear, we're not all from Africa. Don't leave this video saying that. - So now that we know a little bit more about the science behind haplogroups, we're going to go talk to some anthropologists. And they're going to tell us a little bit more about how these women lived. - So cool. - Let's do it. Let's go, yeah. - Freddie's just over here in a corner, striking a cool pose. - Always. - And then boppin' around is Kristin. - Always boppin'. - So we're here in the National Museum of Kenya with Dr. Mbua. Hi, Dr. Mbua. - Hi. - Hi.
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