Re: apiths = chimp & gorilla relatives


"Andrew Nowicki" <andrew@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Andrew Nowicki wrote:
>
> > If the Apiths are not the ancestors of Homo, then
> > we have to explain why we could not find any bones
> > of Homo ancestors.
>
> Marc Verhaegen wrote:
>
> > But we find fossil Homo (rudolfensis) from probably
> > at least c 2.4 Ma (not so long after the H/P split).
>
> Very long ago.

2.4 Ma.

Your own article states:
> "Asian pongids (orangutans) and African hominids
> (gorillas, chimpanzees and humans) split 14-10
> million years ago,"
> We are talking about total absence of evidence. Not a splinter of a tooth!

??
You're are mixing up things, I'm afraid.
Homo & Pan split c 5 Ma.
Hominids & pongids split c 15 Ma or so.
We have a lot of hominid fossils older than 5 Ma: Sahelanthr (7), Orrorin
(6), Samburupith (9), Ouranopith (8), possibly Oreopith (7), Dryopith
(12)...


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