September 2004 PMID 15457259

Modelling the recent common ancestry of all living humans.

Douglas L T Rohde, Steve Olson, Joseph T Chang

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What people are saying

The discussions showcase a general agreement on the significance of the study, with examples like references to Rohde, Olson, & Chang’s 2004 paper and mentions of common ancestors, reflecting shared scientific understanding and curiosity. The tone varies from curiosity to skepticism, with some emphasizing the deep scientific implications, while others question the societal impact, illustrating both engagement and moderate impact.

AgreementModerate agreement

Most discussions acknowledge the validity and importance of the article, citing studies and recognizing the shared ancestry concept.

InterestHigh interest

Many posts express high curiosity and fascination, referencing detailed research and implications for understanding human history.

EngagementModerate engagement

Comments delve into scientific references and debates, showing moderate depth and participation, though some dismiss or downplay the findings.

ImpactModerate impact

While some emphasize the relevance to broader understandings of human interconnectedness, the overall perceived impact remains moderate, given the scientific and academic tone.

Abstract in brief

  • The text explains that the most recent common ancestor (MRCA) of all living humans likely lived only a few thousand years ago, based on models that factor in population structures like social and geographic isolation.
  • It contrasts simple random mating models, which ignore population substructure, with more complex models that incorporate historical population dynamics through mathematical and computational methods, and still find recent common ancestors.
  • Ultimately, these findings suggest that all humans today share a recent ancestor, and beyond that timeframe, everyone has the same set of genealogical ancestors, highlighting our close genetic connections.]

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Russell T. Warne
@Russwarne · X

Cool article uses computer simulations to estimate that the most common recent genealogical ancestor of all living humans lived ~1415 BC. At ~5353 BC, the family trees of all living humans completely merge. https://t.co/GEgUcuBy1w https://t.co/aBatGIcYUe

Apr 29, 2023 · 12 likes · 1 share · 7,799 followers View post →
Aylwyn Scally
@aylwyn_scally · X

@AdamRutherford @dwmal1 @mathiesoniain Not sure we did cite that particular paper (it's https://t.co/IqoO4lpH9Q), although we did discuss the ancestry concepts involved :)

Jun 9, 2022 · 5 likes · 5,545 followers View post →
Savo
@MiddleHub365 · X

この論文で議論されてる。「現生人類が共有する“最近の共通祖先”をモデル化する」 Rohde, D. L. T., Olson, S., & Chang, J. T. (2004). "Modelling the recent common ancestry of all living humans." Nature, 431(7008), 562–566. https://t.co/t9B6yoYiU7

Dec 10, 2024 · 2 likes · 2 shares · 2,298 followers View post →
Schrodinger's Cat
@SVDMatrix · X

Modelling the recent common ancestry of all living humans | Nature https://t.co/NAj2qbEcHg

Aug 28, 2022 · 2 likes · 853 followers View post →
Julien
@__julienf__ · X

@Leila__craft On est TOUS des descendants des égyptiens antiques. Même le plus franchouillard des franchouillards a tout un tas d'ancêtres d'Egypte antique. https://t.co/NzoacXTUuA

Jul 21, 2022 · 2 likes · 1 share · 646 followers View post →
Matt Custance
@MattCustance1 · X

... and who laboured to build the Great Pyramid of Khufu.” From: Modelling the recent common ancestry of all living humans Douglas L. T. Rohde, Steve Olson & Joseph T. Chang https://t.co/w15oeqG2kM

May 10, 2019 · 2 likes · 383 followers View post →

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Jonathon Inkin
@JonathonInkin · X

@dondank69 @carneassada1234 @AgainstAtheismX Please do some studying before calling me a liar. https://t.co/epfUQ2PiyF

Nov 25, 2025 · 935 followers View post →
阿世賀浩一郎@病院心理臨床
@kasega1960 · X

RT @MiddleHub365: この論文で議論されてる。「現生人類が共有する“最近の共通祖先”をモデル化する」 Rohde, D. L. T., Olson, S., & Chang, J. T. (2004). "Modelling the recent common a…

Sep 11, 2025 · 2 shares · 3,036 followers View post →
阿世賀浩一郎@病院心理臨床
@kasega1960 · X

RT @MiddleHub365: この論文で議論されてる。「現生人類が共有する“最近の共通祖先”をモデル化する」 Rohde, D. L. T., Olson, S., & Chang, J. T. (2004). "Modelling the recent common a…

Sep 8, 2025 · 2 shares · 3,036 followers View post →
preal99
@preal1999 · X

@dondank69 @darwintojesus Easy: Joseph T. Chang, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1999): ‘Recent common ancestors of all present-day individuals.’ Rohde, Olson & Chang, Nature (2004): ‘Modelling the recent common ancestry of all living humans.’

Aug 23, 2025 · 30 followers View post →
Feuille
@FeuilleRougis · X

@wheychocolat @PaduLeGoat Le fait que la population française soit suffisamment nombreuse pour bz qu'entre eux n'empêche que mathématiquement y'a de très fortes chances que t'es un ancêtre en commun avec un arabe. https://t.co/OlmmkJWRHk Et je vois pas en quoi ça montre que y'a un système de propagande ?

May 28, 2025 · 73 followers View post →
Cori ਆਜ਼ਾਦੀ ਇੱਕ ਸੰਘਰਸ਼ ਹੈ। ☭
@RIndianaGrande · X

@THEVERSES2 @Yaz41837988 @AdinHaykin1 https://t.co/cFSGdxBZl6 In fact, for most human populations, virtually all human ancestors are shared in common before 6-10kya we just inherit population unique genes in various proportions because typically after admixture you back cross into a dominant population. .

Mar 4, 2025 · 68 followers View post →
Lu
@luppano.lou.lt.ap.brid.gy · Bluesky

The Ancestor Paradox https://youtube.com/watch?v=5eMAmRER0y8

Dec 28, 2024 View post →
Joseph
@LevantJoseph · X

@Righdearna This is well-known for some time now. See: Rohde, D. L., Olson, S., & Chang, J. T. (2004). Modelling the recent common ancestry of all living humans. Nature, 431(7008), 562-566. https://t.co/eBkXIgzT2W

Dec 22, 2024 · 1 like · 1,616 followers View post →
Savo
@MiddleHub365 · X

この論文で議論されてる。「現生人類が共有する“最近の共通祖先”をモデル化する」 Rohde, D. L. T., Olson, S., & Chang, J. T. (2004). "Modelling the recent common ancestry of all living humans." Nature, 431(7008), 562–566. https://t.co/t9B6yoYiU7

Dec 10, 2024 · 2 likes · 2 shares · 2,298 followers View post →
Candy Cho | Anti-nationalism enjoyer
@AlijannahJannah · X

@mish_aderr 12. Most ancestors before 4kya are also shared due to introgression from admixture events. A great paper on this can be found here: https://t.co/sh5PrW5h36

Nov 30, 2024 · 10 followers View post →
Olivier
@IMNOTYELLING · X

@C_A_G0101 On est tous consanguins en remontant suffisamment loin. Et la date donnée dans l’article , mutation il y a 10000 ans, est plus ancienne que certaines estimations de l’ancêtre commun le plus récent de tous les humains. https://t.co/Voz9Y3OORc

Jun 9, 2024 · 2 likes · 278 followers View post →
illan
@illan77 · X

@didier_snus @AkidAlWalid @restitutorII Alors en fait il y en a: https://t.co/WaqphSwJnm

May 20, 2024 · 256 followers View post →
gwenael piaser
@PiaserGwenael · X

@Gog_et_Magog @PadutouFarew3ll @mcefi2 @UncleJam1995 @AgeMoyen @NofearGuillaume Rohde, D. L., Olson, S., & Chang, J. T. (2004). Modelling the recent common ancestry of all living humans. Nature, 431(7008), 562-566.

May 15, 2024 · 1 like · 235 followers View post →
Mitch Guerrero
@MitchEnimigas · X

@EMaxwell56 @GribolthX @JacksonWheat1 Key paper discussing concept of most recent common ancestors and the genetic isopoint for all humans is by Rohde, Olson, and Chang. Their 2004 study, titled "Modelling the recent common ancestry of all living humans," was published in the journal Nature. https://t.co/1COFhXFbuX

Apr 9, 2024 · 169 followers View post →
Nicholas
@NicholasGroyper · X

@AdubColtsfan @robbswallace @JenResistedAGN Modelling the recent common ancestry of all living humans https://t.co/xXwKTED54t

Mar 3, 2024 · 1,457 followers View post →
An Atheist in Boise
@atheistinboise · X

@EMaxwell56 @LolaGoog32641 @NotEvolution1 https://t.co/7hAAEh9v1o

Feb 2, 2024 · 96 followers View post →
An Atheist in Boise
@atheistinboise · X

@EMaxwell56 @LolaGoog32641 @NotEvolution1 Sorry to burst your bubble, but no... https://t.co/7hAAEh9v1o https://t.co/WudhwXs04h

Feb 2, 2024 · 96 followers View post →
Bruno Augusto
@Hartzea_ · X

@MarcusArgivus Juntos hace unos ví un artículo del 2004 que calcularon el ancestral común más reciente, según los cálculos matemáticos tendría solo entre 7 y 6 mil años. https://t.co/ue17P79p3r

Jul 9, 2023 · 423 followers View post →
Russell T. Warne
@Russwarne · X

RT @Russwarne: Cool article uses computer simulations to estimate that the most common recent genealogical ancestor of all living humans li…

May 3, 2023 · 1 share · 7,799 followers View post →
Russell T. Warne
@Russwarne · X

Cool article uses computer simulations to estimate that the most common recent genealogical ancestor of all living humans lived ~1415 BC. At ~5353 BC, the family trees of all living humans completely merge. https://t.co/GEgUcuBy1w https://t.co/aBatGIcYUe

Apr 29, 2023 · 12 likes · 1 share · 7,799 followers View post →
Schrodinger's Cat
@SVDMatrix · X

Modelling the recent common ancestry of all living humans | Nature https://t.co/NAj2qbEcHg

Aug 28, 2022 · 2 likes · 853 followers View post →
Julien
@__julienf__ · X

@Leila__craft On est TOUS des descendants des égyptiens antiques. Même le plus franchouillard des franchouillards a tout un tas d'ancêtres d'Egypte antique. https://t.co/NzoacXTUuA

Jul 21, 2022 · 2 likes · 1 share · 646 followers View post →
Epilef Zaid Ⓥ
@FelipeDiaz47 · X

Modelling the recent common ancestry of all living humans, Nature 431(7008):562-6 2004

Jun 15, 2022 · 167 followers View post →
Aylwyn Scally
@aylwyn_scally · X

@AdamRutherford @dwmal1 @mathiesoniain Not sure we did cite that particular paper (it's https://t.co/IqoO4lpH9Q), although we did discuss the ancestry concepts involved :)

Jun 9, 2022 · 5 likes · 5,545 followers View post →
Clown Hunter
@Clown22500580 · X

@ardeninthehouse @Nee02R @toktalks @Blackho58838968 @Quiz41 @DrUmarJohnson If you took the time to actually read it, you would find sources referenced in there. But as you are clearly a bit dim, try this. https://t.co/LMKjBwQZFr

Mar 31, 2021 · 1 like · 263 followers View post →
Julien Del Rio
@JulienDelRio · X

@Polydamas @ZeliszewskiD @situfabu @emma_ducros C'est argument n'est pas recevable. Les ancêtres de cette époque sont les ancêtres de tous les Européens de l'ouest Vous êtes portugais en fait ? Ou hollandais ? Cf https://t.co/ntV494Fd52

Jan 22, 2021 · 2,289 followers View post →
Oils for Unix
@oilsforunix · X

@michael_nielsen Not sure but this might help: https://t.co/AWc8XTFIWy https://t.co/nIb7vvowNp

Dec 20, 2020 · 425 followers View post →
Dr Anna Durrance-Bagale
@Snowpeaks_Nepal · X

RT @mrlesliechoi: I stumbled across a paper about modelling the recent common ancestry of all living humans but it ends with a very beautif…

May 28, 2019 · 1 share · 724 followers View post →
Leslie Choi
@mrlesliechoi · X

I stumbled across a paper about modelling the recent common ancestry of all living humans but it ends with a very beautiful message that we should all remember: https://t.co/BodSodBJ3q https://t.co/gaoBFM8xZp

May 28, 2019 · 1 like · 1 share · 350 followers View post →
Jaime Erdmann (they/él)
@muddynat · X

'No matter the languages we speak or the colour of our skin, we share ancestors who planted rice on the banks of the Yangtze, ...who hunted giant sloths in the forests of North and South America, and who laboured to build the Great Pyramid of Khufu.' doi:10.1038/nature02842

May 11, 2019 · 1 like · 851 followers View post →
Matt Custance
@MattCustance1 · X

... and who laboured to build the Great Pyramid of Khufu.” From: Modelling the recent common ancestry of all living humans Douglas L. T. Rohde, Steve Olson & Joseph T. Chang https://t.co/w15oeqG2kM

May 10, 2019 · 2 likes · 383 followers View post →
God bless you
@allytrade · X

@ugjkcx @haniashen @dennispamandal @YouTube @XMY2018 @sarawei3 @sdminzhu @fuxianyi @LiHongKuan @NASEMFordFellow @RANDCorporation @realDonaldTrump @IvankaTrump @iingwen @XiJinping0615 @xijinping95 @StephenBannon @georgesoros @BillGates @likeqiangpm @Heritage @VOANews @VladimirPutin24 @narendramodi @BBCWorld @CIA @NSAGov @FBI @cnni @humanrights1st @EURightsAgency @PDChina @XHNews @ChinaDaily @CCTV @ReutersChina @SenateDems @SenateGOP @INCIndia @congressdotgov @usaBritish @USArmy @USATODAY @businessinsider @StPaulsLondon @durhamcathedral 郭文贵-12 According to Steve Olson, Hublin, Chris Stringer, 李占扬… 人类95%是炎黄子孙。 Modelling the recent common ancestry of all living humans; Hominin occupation of the Chinese Loess Plateau since about 2.1 million years ago https://t.co/F0qkwaEImr https://t.co/2LVTfPQYbT https://t.co/zC36VFXhUl

Jan 29, 2019 · 355 followers View post →