Yup, it looks like the consensus is around 6 million. I think I confused the human/chimpanzee split with the chimpanzee/bonobo split, which did seem to happen in that more recent timeframe.
Thanks for pointing this out; I’ve edited my post to reflect the correct figure.
Wrongbot, I wanted to note a disparity between what you say here:
and what that Wikipedia article on bonobos says twice:
Yup, it looks like the consensus is around 6 million. I think I confused the human/chimpanzee split with the chimpanzee/bonobo split, which did seem to happen in that more recent timeframe.
Thanks for pointing this out; I’ve edited my post to reflect the correct figure.