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  2. Chimpanzee–human last common ancestor - Wikipedia

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    The chimpanzeehuman last common ancestor (CHLCA) is the last common ancestor shared by the extant Homo (human) and Pan (chimpanzee and bonobo) genera of Hominini.Estimates of the divergence date vary widely from thirteen to five million years ago.

  3. Oldest human DNA reveals lost branch of the human family tree

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    Researchers determined that the ancestors of those early humans who lived in Ranis and the surrounding area likely encountered and made babies with Neanderthals about 80 generations earlier, or ...

  4. Timeline of human evolution - Wikipedia

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    The last common ancestor between humans and other apes possibly had a similar method of locomotion. 12-8 Ma The clade currently represented by humans and the genus Pan (chimpanzees and bonobos) splits from the ancestors of the gorillas between c. 12 to 8 Ma. [31] 8-6 Ma Sahelanthropus tchadensis

  5. Denisovan - Wikipedia

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    Using the percent distance from humanchimpanzee last common ancestor, Denisovans/Neanderthals split from modern humans about 804,000 years ago, and from each other 640,000 years ago. [25] Using a mutation rate of 1 × 10 −9 or 0.5 × 10 −9 per base pair (bp) per year, the Neanderthal/Denisovan split occurred around either 236–190,000 ...

  6. Homo erectus - Wikipedia

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    It is the first human species to evolve a humanlike body plan and gait, to leave Africa and colonize Asia and Europe, and to wield fire. H. erectus is the ancestor of later Homo species, including H. heidelbergensis, the last common ancestor of modern humans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans.

  7. Lucy at 50: How the world’s most famous fossil was discovered

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    The fossilized remains of Lucy, discovered on November 24, 1974, made up the most complete skeleton of an early human ancestor when she was found. - Arizona State University CNN: Take us back to ...

  8. Homo - Wikipedia

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    Homo (from Latin homō 'human') is a genus of great ape (family Hominidae) that emerged from the genus Australopithecus and encompasses only a single extant species, Homo sapiens (modern humans), along with a number of extinct species (collectively called archaic humans) classified as either ancestral or closely related to modern humans; these include Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis.

  9. New study suggests oldest known human ancestors could walk ...

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