http://paper.people.com.cn/rmwz/html/2013-11/01/content_1354227.htm
1987年,第一個關於人類線粒體的研究成果在英國《自然》雜誌上發表了。在論文中,康恩和威爾遜提出了“非洲夏娃說”:“可以設定所有這些線粒體DNA,共同起源於一個15萬年前生活在非洲的女人。”
http://tech.sina.com.cn/d/2005-03-10/0957546557.shtml
"1987年,美國科學家華萊士和威爾遜分別帶領兩個實驗室通過檢測細胞線粒體內的遺傳物質脫氧核糖核酸發現,現代人可以追溯其祖先到大約15萬年前住在非洲的一個女人。"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_L._Cann
"In 1987, after a year of delay, their collective paper was published in Nature in which their findings indicated that all living humans were descended through a single mother, who lived ~200,000 years ago in Africa."