The ancestors of 20th century humans split from those of the Neanderthals now

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CONTENTS of 59,999,999 BC- 51,000 BC Large land and aquatic mammals appear; many kinds of primates appear (almost as many go extinct); an island continent finally disappears for good; the Mediterranean valley turns into the Mediterranean Sea; human beings emerge, develop housing, clothes, lamps, and drugs, breed dogs, use horses; Mars dies (or goes dormant)

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Approximately 800,000 BC- 500,000 BC: The ancestors of 20th century humans split from those of the Neanderthals now

The parent line of both these splinter groups is Homo erectus. Homo erectus appears to contain much greater genetic diversity now than later 20th century humanity will display.

-- Paleoanthropology (revised 16 December 1999) by Francis F. Steen, Department of English, University of California at Santa Barbara, http://cogweb.english.ucsb.edu/EP/Paleoanthropology.html

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