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Hominin Evolution Was Caused by Introgression from Gorilla
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Abstract
The discovery of Paranthropus deyiremeda in 3.3 - 3.5 million - year - old fossil sites in Afar, together with 30% of the gorilla genome showing lineage sorting between humans and chimpanzees, and a NUMT (“nuclear mitochondrial DNA segment”) on chromosome 5 that is shared by both gorillas, humans and chimpanzees, and shown to have diverged at the time of the Pan-Homo split rather than the Gorilla / Pan-Homo split, provides conclusive evidence that introgression from the gorilla lineage caused the Pan-Homo split, and the speciation of both the Australopithecus lineage and the Paranthropus lineage.
KeywordsAnthropologyAustralopithecusChimpanzeeDarwinGorillaHomoIntrogressionNumtPanParanthropusPthirus
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