title: 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.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D000882:Haplorhini; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D015186:Hominidae; D006801:Humans; D010163:Paleontology; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000032:analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D014168:Transferrin / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins; D012709:Serum Albumin; D014168:Transferrin