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Episode 07: The Currant Bush of Life with Bernard Wood

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The Tree of Life

Human evolution says most estimates are that our common ancestor lived five to seven million years ago. We share nearly 99% of our DNA with chimps and bonobos, which means we clearly share a common ancestor with them. If you want to plot out what happened in human evolution, one way is by looking at what we call the tree of life.

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