Eli5: How does a species ‘branch into two’

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Such as chimpanzees branching into common chimpanzees and bonobos, as explained in this video

Presumably it’s not that some chimpanzees just suddenly started giving birth to bonobos overnight…?

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Anything that separates the gene pools. Physical isolation, behavioral differences that prevent breeding, etc. As soon as the gene pools are separated, you have “branching”.

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