She is commonly called Mitochondrial Eve .
The hypothetical woman at the root of all these groups ( meaning just the mitochondrial DNA haplogroups ) is the matrilineal most recent common ancestor ( MRCA ) for all currently living humans .
woman is commonly called Mitochondrial Eve .
The hypothetical woman at the root of all these groups ( meaning just the mitochondrial DNA haplogroups ) is the matrilineal most recent common ancestor ( MRCA ) for all currently living humans .