英语词汇“african eve”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

African Eve n. [ < African adj. + Eve, the name of the first woman in the Old Testament and Hebrew Scriptures (see Eve n.¹)] a female of an extinct African hominid; esp. a hypothetical single female human regarded as the ancestor of all modern humans in the maternal line, postulated to have lived in Africa 150,000–200,000 years ago; cf. mitochondrial Eve n. at mitochondrial adj. Compounds.In quot. 1984: the fossil hominid ‘Lucy’.

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1984 Jrnl. Afr. Civilizations 6 5 The drama surrounding the find of the African Eve is intriguing, especially in the way it is handled by Donald Johannson and Maitland Eddy.

1986 San Francisco Chron. 24 Mar. 1/5 The dramatic, controversial claim of a fairly recent African Eve as the very very great-grandmother of all humans is sure to stir up an old debate in anthropology.

1992 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 11 June 26/1 The so-called ‘African Eve’ hypothesis indicates a single common female ancestor, located in Africa at that place where the countless ramifications of the gene tree run together.

2007 N.Y. Times 26 June (Washington Final ed.) d3/1 DNA studies pointed to a common maternal ancestor of all anatomically modern humans in Africa by at least 130,000 years. She inevitably became known as the African Eve.

单词	african eve
释义	> as lemmas African Eve African Eve n. [ < African adj. + Eve, the name of the first woman in the Old Testament and Hebrew Scriptures (see Eve n.¹)] a female of an extinct African hominid; esp. a hypothetical single female human regarded as the ancestor of all modern humans in the maternal line, postulated to have lived in Africa 150,000–200,000 years ago; cf. mitochondrial Eve n. at mitochondrial adj. Compounds.In quot. 1984: the fossil hominid ‘Lucy’. ΚΠ 1984 Jrnl. Afr. Civilizations 6 5 The drama surrounding the find of the African Eve is intriguing, especially in the way it is handled by Donald Johannson and Maitland Eddy. 1986 San Francisco Chron. 24 Mar. 1/5 The dramatic, controversial claim of a fairly recent African Eve as the very very great-grandmother of all humans is sure to stir up an old debate in anthropology. 1992 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 11 June 26/1 The so-called ‘African Eve’ hypothesis indicates a single common female ancestor, located in Africa at that place where the countless ramifications of the gene tree run together. 2007 N.Y. Times 26 June (Washington Final ed.) d3/1 DNA studies pointed to a common maternal ancestor of all anatomically modern humans in Africa by at least 130,000 years. She inevitably became known as the African Eve. extracted from Africann.adj. < as lemmas
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