In the field of human genetics, mitochondrial eve refers to the maternal "MRCA" (most recent common ancestor). In other words, she was the woman from whom all living humans today descend, on their mother's side, and through the mothers of those mothers and so on, back until all lines converge on one person. Because all mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is generally passed from mother to offspring without recombination, all mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in every living person is directly descended from hers by definition. Mitochondrial Eve is the female counterpart ofY-chromosomal Adam, the patrilineal most recent common ancestor, although they lived thousands of years apart.
     To know we as humans come from one woman, and all have dispersed throughout the world and became our own races and developed our own cultures, is crazy to think about. 

Amphioxus

The Amphioxus also known as the Lancelet, is found in the shallow more temperate or tropical waters buried in the sand. These little sea creatures are actually used for food for humans and animals in Asia. This sea creature is a very important species to scientist and zoology because they allow them to study the origins of vertebrates. They are a starting point on how vertebrates have evolved and adapted over time.

My tomato Plant

The reason for the late post on my tomato plant is because my plant was having a long and good life, living out of the solo cup. However, sitting on my window sill, a prime location for optimum sunlight, saw its death sooner than it should have. Due to the opening of the window, removal of the screen (roommates doing), my tomato plant took a plunge and broke apart. it was a sad day because I am really into gardening. I actually have my own garden at home thats house's pull beans, cherry tomatoes, and cucumbers; so i was looking forward to having one of my hobbies come to life here at college. So by by tomato plant, we had a good run...

Macon Dog Park

Just down the road from mercer lies a a little park for the community and man's best friend. Here is a place that allows people to get outdoors and allow their dog to run, drink, do "their business," and meet new friends. These kind of places are very good for the community because it allows an impoverished or gang related area to become more watched by the neighborhood, and move its way into being more livable. Going through this park is an urban river that will make its way into the Ocumulgee river. An urban river can be a problem because there can be runoff from sewage that can pollute the environment around it. It was cool that they had a pecan tree in the park that i got to eat form, quite good in fact. After testing different parts of the urban river, first where the water as running from right under the bridge and farther down, we noticed there was a good amount of fecal bacteria. its probably from all the dogs...

Lake Erie

For me i am not much of a "lake" kinda guy. i am fortunate enough to live 6 minutes away from the ocean, so i don't really go to any lakes or rivers to enjoy the outdoors. so i guess i would say my favorite lake is lake erie, just because its close to NY and when i would visit cousins in dunkirk, we would go on the boat. i find it weird and funny that people use lakes like i use the beach. i couldn't imagine not having waves and the sand to hang out in. so here it is, reppin the NY lake erie......

Jackson Springs

When driving to Jackson Springs i got a chance to see a side of macon i never thought existed, nice house's. the drive was really nice down the main road, it was hilly and had a lot of color. Right from the beginning there was a nice little stream that had a nice stone bridge. we walked along the paved walkway and got a little bit of history of the land. as dr. rood discussed that there was a flood in the early 1990's and it was crazy to see the marker that was put down to indicate how high the water level came up. then we made our way down to the river and hoped on a big rock. we got to bang away at it to see the types of stone were around it.

Hitchiti Experimental Forest

After arriving just a little late from the rest of the group. Nate and I took a chance, chose a route, and hoped to catch up. it was only about 7 minutes until we saw the rest of the group and was relieved to have found them. The trail was pretty tight and narrow, definitely not a bike trail. It did not look like many people go down this trail either. We came across many differnt plant species and also got to see Dr. Rood attempt to be Tarzen and swing from a vine. When we arrived at the river, it was really cool to see the rock formations coming in and out of the river.i enjoyed the hike because the weather was perfect out. everyone had to hug a tree, i chose a tiny one, while some tried to out do everyone and pick the largest one in the area. apparently i learned that they burn some of the tress down every two years to help control the forest. i found that to be very interesting.