Gorilla fossil suggests split from humans as far back as 10 million years ago

Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 09:50 in Paleontology & Archaeology

(Phys.org)—An international team of researchers studying fossils unearthed in Ethiopia's Chorora Formation in the Afar rift has dated some gorilla teeth fossils to approximately 8 million years ago, which the team suggests, shows that the human gorilla split had to have occurred at least 10 million years ago. The team has published a report of its findings and theories in the journal Nature.

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