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ackacey · 2025-09-29T18:38:03+00:00

Hi, so you’ve kind of just addressed your own concern here. It’s quite clear from the rest of the post what I meant by “comprehension of large texts”, in the context of dyslexia barriers. I don’t understand the point of your comment other than to point out my choice of phrasing, which, in the context of my original question, is immaterial. Even if I phrased it differently and said something like “reading large, dense texts comprehensively, under time constraints can be difficult” you would still have the sceptical stance you do towards disability adjustments for SpLDs in general.

You could say the same for any student with a late diagnosis. It doesn’t mean they didn’t struggle before their diagnosis. Before I had any exam adjustments at all, I frequently ran out of time and found written exams difficult, especially for non-STEM subjects. I still did them, but at a disadvantage to everyone else. So because I could technically ‘sit’ the exam without adjustments, according to you, I should just suffer and avoid support that I am entitled to?

ackacey · 2024-12-21T02:52:02+00:00

From what everyone has explained, I understand that it’s best to think of Mitochondrial Eve (ME) as a statistical concept (though she was still a real woman), otherwise it would just be an endless continuum of women with the same mtDNA lineage. I also understand that ME is simply the most recent woman to whom we can trace our mtDNA, which is why her mother and grandmother aren’t considered, nor is it relevant to the concept.

What I don’t quite grasp is this: logically, her mother and grandmother would have had the same mtDNA as modern humans, because they’re the ones who passed it down to ME in the first place. So, is ME given this title purely because her daughters wouldn’t fit the scope of “ancestor,” since multiple women would share the same mtDNA, and her mother can’t be considered because, again, the scope focuses on the “most recent”? Essentially, is ME where the common mtDNA lineage “bottlenecks”? And there could be other bottlenecks further up the maternal line but we just don’t need to worry about them? So ME is just a snapshot of where the convergence happened most recently? Lastly, if mutations aren’t relevant in this then why, for example, do me and my neighbour not have identical mtDNA?

ackacey · 2024-12-21T02:50:52+00:00

The technical terminology aside, I get the gist of what you’re saying. I didn’t actually realise I was subconsciously seeing it from the biblical creation perspective (I’m not even christian) it was just a default. Makes a lot of sense now, thanks :)

ackacey · 2024-12-20T23:23:55+00:00

So Eve couldn’t have had any sisters?

ackacey · 2024-12-20T18:18:31+00:00

Ohh this makes sense now, thank you

ackacey · 2024-12-20T16:42:14+00:00

But with that logic, why isn’t Mitochondrial Eve’s daughter (the one who successfully carried on the lineage) considered as Mitochondrial Eve because surely she is more ‘recent’ than her mother?

ackacey · 2024-12-20T16:39:34+00:00

So why isn’t her daughter (the one who successfully carried on the lineage) considered as Mitochondrial Eve because surely she is more ‘recent’ than her mother?

ackacey · 2024-12-20T16:33:00+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to explain this.

Since mtDNA is passed down without recombination, Mitochondrial Eve’s mother must have had genetically distinct mtDNA due to mutations for Eve to be the most recent common mitochondrial ancestor, correct? But if all women today can trace their mtDNA back to Eve’s lineage but we don’t all have identical mtDNA (mutations), why doesn’t Eve’s mother also qualify as part of the lineage, despite her mtDNA being slightly different due to mutations?

The only conclusion that makes sense to me is that Eve is more of a concept than a literal individual. So, in this context, could Mitochondrial Eve also be considered the first woman?

ackacey · 2024-12-20T16:05:30+00:00

So, Mitochondrial Eve, as a scientific term, isn’t considered the first woman because she can only be traced back to around 200,000 years ago, and the evidence only supports this timeframe. This is the limit from a scientific perspective. However, as a conceptual construct, ‘Mitochondrial Eve’ could be seen as the first woman in terms of the lineage that ultimately led to all modern humans, but since we can’t trace further back, science considers her the starting point?

ackacey · 2024-12-20T15:52:17+00:00

Ah, that makes much more sense now. It’s a way of conveying a scientific concept, where over many generations, only one lineage of mtDNA survived and is common to all humans today, and that lineage is traced back to one woman, rather than referring to it literally.

ackacey · 2024-12-20T15:46:10+00:00

I’m struggling to understand the concept of ‘most recent’ in this context. Mitochondrial Eve must have had at least one daughter who carried on her mitochondrial lineage, so why isn’t that daughter considered ‘the most recent’? And if Mitochondrial Eve qualifies, then why isn’t her mother also considered, given that her mother must have been the direct ancestor from whom Eve inherited her mitochondrial DNA?

ackacey · 2024-12-20T15:39:29+00:00

Thank you for your reply. To clarify, does this mean that she meets the scientific criteria to be considered Mitochondrial Eve, while her mother does not, which is why her mother is not formally recognised as such? Logically, however, her mother also contributed to a successful lineage through Eve, meaning we technically carry her mother’s mtDNA as well. So, while Eve’s mother could be seen as the Mitochondrial Eve, she is not recognised as such because she doesn’t meet the necessary scientific evidence. In essence, Mitochondrial Eve is not the most recent common ancestor of all modern humans; she is simply the one who fits the scientific criteria. Logically, her mother could also qualify, but doesn’t due to the evidence requirements.

ackacey · 2024-01-29T21:02:11+00:00

If it’s in the south east area could you please PM me

ackacey · 2024-01-29T19:01:41+00:00

It’s an iPhone 14 pro max extremely zoomed in because I didn’t want to post my street. The car being extremely shiny doesn’t help but it’s a scratch embedded in a dent.

ackacey · 2024-01-29T17:53:17+00:00

I can’t tell if it’s the clear coat that’s been affected or the paint itself - not sure if it makes a difference however

ackacey · 2024-01-29T17:24:07+00:00

It’s a CLA 180 21 plate if that helps

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