Gibbon–human last common ancestor

Gibbon–human last common ancestor Temporal range: 17.6–15.9 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Superfamily:	Hominoidea
Type species
Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758
Genera
Family Hylobatidae Genus Hylobates Genus Hoolock Genus Nomascus Genus Symphalangus Family Hominidae Subfamily Ponginae Genus Pongo Subfamily Homininae Tribe Gorillini Genus Gorilla Tribe Hominini Subtribe Panina Genus Pan Subtribe Hominina Genus Homo

The gibbon–human last common ancestor (GHLCA, GLCA, or G/H LCA) is the last species that the families Hominidae and Hylobatidae (i.e. the orangutan–gorilla–chimpanzee–human last common ancestor on one hand and gibbons on the other) share as a common ancestor. It is estimated to have lived 15.9 to 17.6 million years ago (T_GHLCA) during the early Miocene.^[1]

References

1. Carbone, Lucia; et al. (2014). "Gibbon genome and the fast karyotype evolution of small apes". Nature. 513 (11 Sept 2014): 195–201. doi:10.1038/nature13679.

See also

• Chimpanzee–human last common ancestor
• Gorilla–human last common ancestor
• Orangutan–human last common ancestor
• History of hominoid taxonomy
• List of human evolution fossils (with images)