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The Relationship of African Apes, Man, and Old World Monkeys

1970; National Academy of Sciences; Volume: 67; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1073/pnas.67.2.746

ISSN

1091-6490

Autores

L. S. B. Leakey,

Tópico(s)

Human-Animal Interaction Studies

Resumo

The conclusions of Wilson and Sarich (Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 63, 1088-1093 (1969) that the human lineage diverged from that leading to the African apes about 4 to 5 million years ago is shown to be based upon a wholly unsupported assumption that the Superfamilies Hominoidea and Cercopithecoidea only separated from each other some 30 million years ago. This is entirely contrary to most recent palaeontological evidence.

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