Is there any evidence of life having arisen more than once on Earth? Why is all life related to a common ancestor, surely if it happened once it could happen more than once? Given that the Earth is the only place we know for certain that life exists is there any evidence for life having arisen independently more than once?
The human genoproject has demonstrated that the global population of humans can trace its roots to Africa. Given we're all linked to the same ancestory are we less genetically diverse than our African ancestors. ie over 200,000 years how much new mutation would have been added to our dna and how much would we have lost due to inbreeding in what is suspected to be small migratory groups out of africa.