雖然故事很好聽, 但是也要整合現代最新出的研究證據喔 當時Rebecca Cann, Allan Wilson et al. 是在1987年提出這個theory, 參考這篇paper "Mitochondrial DNA and Human Evolution" [1] 之後2001年Adcock et al. 在這篇paper中 "Mitochondrial DNA sequences in ancient Australians: Implications for modern human origins" [2], researchers 分析從remains of ancient Australians中得到的mtDNA, 提供支持這個theory的證據。但是重點是要考慮當時分析的基因技術, 畢竟是22年前的科技, 需要用最新genetic tools去再次認證/做新研究 例如這篇2016年的paper "Ancient mtDNA sequences from the First Australians revisited" 說到 "In relation to the four landmark claims made by Adcock et al. , we were unable to verify that the original study recovered any authentic Aboriginal Australian mitochondrial sequences from the four Willandra Lakes samples that they studied" [3],有興趣可再看這篇[4] 所以結論是:要參考一下新的證據,也要看看反對證據 Reference [1] Cann, Rebecca L., Mark Stoneking, and Allan C. Wilson. "Mitochondrial DNA and Human Evolution" Nature 325 (1987): 31-36. [2] Adcock, G. J., Dennis, E. S., Easteal, S., Huttley, G. A., Jermiin, L. S., Peacock, W. J., & Thorne, A. (2001). Mitochondrial DNA sequences in ancient Australians: Implications for modern human origins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 98(2), 537-542. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.98.2.537 [3] Heupink, T. H., Subramanian, S., Wright, J. L., Endicott, P., Westaway, M. C., Huynen, L., Parson, W., Millar, C. D., Willerslev, E., & Lambert, D. M. (2016). Ancient mtDNA sequences from the First Australians revisited. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(25), 6892-6897. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1521066113 [4] Haskett, Dorothy R., ""Mitochondrial DNA and Human Evolution" (1987), by Rebecca Louise Cann, Mark Stoneking, and Allan Charles Wilson". Embryo Project Encyclopedia (2014-10-10). ISSN: 1940-5030 embryo.asu.edu/handle/10776/8225.