The Missing Link and the First Homo

[septimus]

Well, I do know how to Google for posts at SDMB. From 4 years ago:

@septimus

I’ve read a claim that chimpanzees and early hominids did in fact interbreed during a 9 Million to 6 Million years ago time frame, though of course they were much closer genetically then. …

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12836649/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/did-chimp-human-ancestors-interbreed
… not the longish article I read a few years ago