Our Common Ancestor

Opponents of modern science sometimes say that biology insists that six million years ago our ancestors were apes. Defenders of Darwinism sometimes reply that what science actually claims is that apes and humans have a common ancestor from which both descended. That begs the question: who the hell was this common ancestor? Was she an ape?

This question is not to be confused with the fake missing link question, which is what is the missing link between apelike animals and civilized people? (The answer is obvious: the Tea Party.) But who was the last ancestor of both chimpanzees and humans? Science remains uncertain. One candidate, for example, is the orririn, who might be in the ancestry of both species (or might not). Science is discussing this among itself.