tpc comments on Against the standard narrative of human sexual evolution - Less Wrong

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Comment author: tpc 29 July 2010 12:10:35PM *  3 points [-]

Wrongbot, I wanted to note a disparity between what you say here:

The most recent common ancestor [chimpanzees] share with humans lived somewhere between 3 million and 800,000 years ago.

and what that Wikipedia article on bonobos says twice:

The chimpanzee line split from the last common ancestor shared with humans approximately six to seven million years ago.

Comment author: WrongBot 29 July 2010 04:24:15PM 1 point [-]

Yup, it looks like the consensus is around 6 million. I think I confused the human/chimpanzee split with the chimpanzee/bonobo split, which did seem to happen in that more recent timeframe.

Thanks for pointing this out; I've edited my post to reflect the correct figure.