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Despite deep evolutionary divergence, many RCs share a conserved two-branch structural architecture, raising fundamental questions about how physical symmetry, excitonic interactions, and protein environments dictate electron-transfer directionality and efficiency. This review provides a comparative analysis of primary charge separation in two paradigmatic systems\u2014the pseudo-symmetric purple bacterial reaction center (PbRC, Type II) and the homodimeric heliobacterial reaction center (HbRC, Type I). We first examine their structural and excitonic properties and discuss how protein-induced energetic asymmetry in PbRC favors electron transfer along a single active branch, whereas the symmetric HbRC supports charge separation through two equivalent branches, involving an A0-centered intermediate. We then highlight insights from ultrafast and multidimensional spectroscopy and first-principles calculations into charge-transfer intermediates, excitonic interactions, and coherent dynamics during the earliest stages of photochemistry. Finally, we discuss how evolutionary changes in cofactor identity, orientation, separation, and protein electrostatics may have shaped the distinct charge-separation mechanisms of Type I and Type II RCs. 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