Table 3.

Split-time estimates.

assumption	Neandertal versus modern human	western versus central common chimpanzee	western versus eastern common chimpanzee
mutation drift equilibrium	281a (181, 400)b	16 (9, 24)	26 (11, 47)
no initial within-group variance (V0 = 0)	405 (304, 522)	140 (133, 148)	151 (135, 171)
molecular estimates	270–790c	420–850d	420–850d

^aAll estimates are in thousands of years before the present (ka).

^bParentheses contain bootstrap 95% confidence limits.

^cReferences [14,15].

^dReferences [31–33].