Gibbon–human last common ancestor

Not to be confused with Hominoidea.
Gibbon–human last common ancestor
Temporal range: 17.6–15.9 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Superfamily: Hominoidea
Type species
Homo sapiens
Linnaeus, 1758
Genera

Family Hylobatidae

Family Hominidae

The gibbon–human last common ancestor (GHLCA, GLCA, or G/H LCA) is the last species that the families Hominidae and Hylobatidae (i.e. the orangutangorillachimpanzeehuman last common ancestor on one hand and gibbons on the other) share as a common ancestor. It is estimated to have lived 15.9 to 17.6 million years ago (TGHLCA) during the early Miocene.[1]

References

  1. Carbone, Lucia; et al. (2014). "Gibbon genome and the fast karyotype evolution of small apes". Nature. 513 (11 Sept 2014): 195–201. doi:10.1038/nature13679.

See also

Wikispecies has information related to: Hominoidea
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