THE ULTIMATE
It's really unlike anything else, because you really can't fully even begin to absorb it until you're actually here.
- One thing that really boggled my mind is the timeline of human history. - Like, Mitochondrial Eve might have lived over 100,000 years ago. And while we've evolved so much throughout the years, this land is still very much present. - We went to Kenya and like, that is one piece of where she could have lived, Mitochondrial Eve. And like, Sub-Saharan Africa in itself is huge. And we just saw a small part of something even huger. Just very grateful for everything we saw and did, because what an amazing time. - Something that really struck me in Nairobi was when Dr. Mbua was explaining to us that people from different continents just sort of arose from that continent. But with further studying and learning about haplogroups, we learned that everyone did indeed come from Africa. - The human species is on the one hand, very diverse. But on the other hand, if you compare it to other species like chimpanzees, we are very not diverse. We are all incredibly similar, genetically speaking. And so it's really popular these days to find out where you're from, to look at your genetics. And we comb through it to find these tiny differences that can say, oh, maybe your ancestors came from this place, or yours came from this place. But the bigger picture is that humans are so similar genetically. And it is actually really difficult to find those small differences. - I've never been overseas ever in my life. So this is something that I'm really excited to check off my bucket list. And even more excited to do it with you guys. - We're very grateful to 23andMe for sending us out there. Also very grateful for them for sending you, because could not have had a better new friend. - Big thank you to everyone that made it happen. It was so much bigger than just us. And thank you to the people of Kenya, because they've been so welcoming, and really just embraced what we were trying to do. - A deep dive into the origins of modern humanity. - Lady tested. - Lady learned. - Woo! Let's go in the ocean. - Bye. Let's jump in! - Gonna swim back home.
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