An Era of Diverse Human Species
You may already know that Homo sapiens and Neanderthals coexisted, but did you realize just how crowded the human family tree was around 300,000 years ago? Brace yourself for this astonishing fact: a whopping nine distinct human species roamed the Earth simultaneously at that time!
From Homo sapiens to Neanderthals, Denisovans to Homo erectus, and several others, including Homo naledi, Homo luzonensis, and the mysterious Red Deer Cave people, each species carved out its own niche across the globe. Yet, with Homo sapiens as the lone survivor, what became of the other eight? Venture forth to the next slide for the intriguing answer…