Before revision: History Utilizing Western Africans (e.g., Esan of Nigeria, Mende of Sierra Leone, western Gambians), the divergence of a set of archaic humans, numbering around 25,000 or between 23,000 and 27,000, from the common ancestor of modern humans and Neanderthals is approximated to have occurred between 1,020,000 BP and 360,000 BP .
After revision: History Utilizing Western Africans (e.g., Esan of Nigeria, Mende of Sierra Leone, western Gambians), either the last divergence of a set of archaic humans, numbering around 25,000 or between 23,000 and 27,000, from the common ancestor of the San people and all other modern humans, or humans and Neanderthals, is approximated to have occurred between 1,020,000 BP early modern or360,000 BP and .