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Sahelanthropus Temporal range: late Miocene | |
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Genus: | Sahelanthropus Brunet et al., 2002 |
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†Sahelanthropus tchadensis Brunet et al., 2002 |
Sahelanthropus tchadensis is a fossil hominid. From evidence at the fossil site in Chad in the African Sahel, it is thought to have lived about 7 million years ago.
The split of the line into humans and chimpanzees (known as human-chimpanzee divergence) probably happened between 6.3 and 5.4 million years ago. This can be seen from genetic data. Because the fossil is older than this spilt, its status is unclear. The first fossil found is known as Toumaï today.