Humans are Older than Previously Thought. 3 Million Years Older.

The theory of macro-evolution commonly suggests that humans began to diverge from their closest animal relatives, the chimpanzee some 5 million years ago, but according to the Eurekalert.org press release, New statistical model moves human evolution back 3 million years, this divergence may have occurred actually at 8 million years. 


Pretty cool, although it does deal with statistics, and statistics can be used to prove almost anything; however, it still is a pretty interesting finding in regards to evolution.  You can read the actual article here.