The Relationship of African Apes, Man, and Old World Monkeys
Abstract
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.
- Publication:
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
- Pub Date:
- October 1970
- DOI:
- 10.1073/pnas.67.2.746
- Bibcode:
- 1970PNAS...67..746L