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by wslh 981 days ago
I think in the case of humans, all from planet earth, it is trivial to go back and find an obvious common ancestor [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidence_of_common_descent?wpr...

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> in the case of humans, all from planet earth, it is trivial to go back and find an obvious common ancestor

It is trivial to demonstrate the likely existence of a common ancestor. It’s far from trivial to find them.