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Well I'll Be A Monkey's Uncle

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the blame-killproc-for-the-title dept.

killproc writes "A new report suggests that interbreeding between humans and chimpanzees happened a lot more recently than was previously thought. The report, published in the most recent issue of the journal Nature, estimates that final break between the human and chimpanzee species did not come until 6.3 million years ago at the earliest, and probably less than 5.4 million years ago."

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  1. Re:There won't be any controversy here! by Enderandrew · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You're arguing my point for me. Along the very same logic there is no reason for humans to develop these traits.

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