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Humans and Chimpanzees Diverged About 6 Million Years Ago

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Humans and chimpanzees diverged about 6 million years ago. If 12 nucleotide substitutions have occurred between human and chimpanzee lineages in a sequence of mitochondrial DNA, and 36 have occurred between humans and gibbons, humans and gibbons, according to the molecular clock, separated _______ million years ago.


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