paleontology
physical/biological anthropology
research/theoretical frameworks
One of the most important discoveries of recent times, related to our origins, is the verification of a close genetic affinity between human beings and chimpanzees. Such affinity is so significant (98.8%)that it is estimated that both phylogenetic lines that led to the two species had a common ancestor approximately 6 to 8 million years ago. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Hominization, Issues in]
evolution
issues in hominization
concepts