Gibbon–human last common ancestor
Gibbon–human last common ancestor - brief summary
The phylogenetic split of the superfamily Hominoidea (apes) into the Hylobatidae (gibbons) and Hominidae (great apes) families (also dubbed gibbon–human last common ancestor, GHLCA) is dated to the early Miocene, roughly 20 to 16 million years ago. Hylobatidae has four gibbon genera (Hylobates with 9 species, Hoolock with 3 species, Nomascus with 7 species and Symphalangus with only 1 species) containing 20 different species. Hominidae has two subfamilies, Ponginae (orangutans) and Homininae (African apes, including the human lineage).
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