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Originally Posted by ardeegee
See, if you read a few wikipedia articles, you might have some idea what the hell a "primate" is-- and known that your number is off by a full order of magnitude.
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from the Free Online Dictionary, and a number of other places
pri·mate (prmt, -mt)
n.
1. (prmt) A mammal of the order Primates, which includes the anthropoids and prosimians, characterized by refined development of the hands and feet, a shortened snout, and a large brain.
I looked it up, 5-8 million years ago the diverge occured.
The '2-3 million years' I used was a guess as I don't carry that info around in my head. I had read a year or so ago that an older common ancestor had been found, but I didn't note the year span.