[devilsadvocate]

Originally Posted by Sparrow

So this was wrong?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0518075823.htm

"The evolutionary split between human and chimpanzee is much more recent -- and more complicated -- than previously thought, ..."

Not necessarily. According to that:

"...the speciation process was unusual -- possibly involving an initial split followed by later hybridization before a final separation."

So the initial split could have been when the more recent study surmises.