According to Catholic teaching, Adam and Eve were the first humans created by God. The Council of Trent (1545-1563) affirmed the doctrine of original sin, ...

Adam and Eve remain two of the most iconic figures, as it's believed that the pair's alleged fornication led to the birth of the human race, making them God's first human creations.

The cases of Mitochondrial Eve and Y-chromosome Adam demonstrate that there's no scientific barrier to humans having a common ancestor, even if the population never dwindled to just one pair.