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.