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{{Taxobox
| name = ''Sahelanthropus tchadensis''<br/>"Toumaï"
| fossil_range = [[Late Miocene]]
| image = Sahelanthropus tchadensis - TM 266-01-060-1.jpg
| image_width = 230 px
| image_caption = Cast of a ''Sahelanthropus tchadensis'' skull (Toumai)
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[Mammal]]ia
| ordo = [[Primate]]s
| familia = [[Hominidae]]
| subfamilia = [[Homininae]]
| tribus = [[Hominini]]
| subtribus = [[Hominina]]
| genus = '''†''Sahelanthropus'''''
| genus_authority = Brunet ''et al.'', 2002<ref>Usually, all authors of a [[taxon]] description are cited. In this case they are so many however that for layout reasons the list is abbreviated. The full citation is:<br/>Brunet, Guy, Pilbeam, Mackaye, Likius, Ahounta, Beauvilain, Blondel, Bocherens, Boisserie, De Bonis, Coppens, Dejax, Denys, Duringer, Eisenmann, Fanone, Fronty, Geraads, Lehmann, Lihoreau, Louchart, Mahamat, Merceron, Mouchelin, Otero, Pelaez Campomanes, Ponce de León, Rage, Sapanet, Schuster, Sudre, Tassy, Valentin, Vignaud, Viriot, Zazzo, & Zollikofer, 2002.</ref>
| species = '''''S. tchadensis'''''
| binomial = †''Sahelanthropus tchadensis''
| binomial_authority = Brunet ''et al.'', 2002
}}

'''''Sahelanthropus tchadensis''''' is an extinct [[hominid]] [[species]] that is dated to about {{mya|7}}.  Whether it can be regarded as part of the [[Hominina]] tree is unclear; there are arguments both supporting and rejecting it.  Another complication in its classification is that it is older than the [[Chimpanzee-human last common ancestor|human-chimpanzee divergence]] (estimated to {{mya|6.3|5.4}}) seen in genetic data,<ref name="BBC-May-2006">{{cite news
 | title = Evolution's human and chimp twist
 | publisher = BBC
 | date = May 18, 2006 | accessdate = April 2010
 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4991470.stm
}}</ref> and that there are few if any specimens other than the partial [[Human cranium|cranium]] known as ''Toumaï''.




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