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The hominin group has diversified over millions of years, with different species evolving and going extinct. The reason only one genus and species, Homo sapiens, remains today is likely due to various factors such as competition, environmental changes, and possibly interbreeding with other hominin species. Homo sapiens thrived and adapted better than other hominin species, leading to their dominance and survival until today.
Eighty thousand years ago, during the Late Pleistocene epoch, anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens) were present, particularly in Africa and parts of Eurasia. Additionally, other hominin species, such as Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) in Europe and parts of Asia, and Denisovans in Siberia, coexisted with modern humans. Various animal species, including woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats, roamed the earth alongside these early humans.
The last human species to live on Earth alongside Homo sapiens was Neanderthals. They coexisted with our species for thousands of years before eventually going extinct around 40,000 years ago.
Modern humans, the species homo sapiens, appeared 200 thousand years ago. Its hominin ancestors developed over the preceding 7 million years.
Man has evolved from earlier hominins over a period of around 7 million years. The earliest known hominins in turn had the same ancestors as other primates, with which we share most of our DNA.Sahelanthropus tchadensis, dated to around 7-6 million years ago, may be the earliest hominin species, thus our oldest human-like ancestors. Various other hominin species have been identified, and the consensus of scientists is that our species, Homo sapiens, is directly descended from Homo erectus.
The first species believed to have walked upright on two legs is Australopithecus afarensis, with the most famous example being the fossil "Lucy" discovered in Ethiopia. This early hominin species lived approximately 3.9-2.9 million years ago.
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It was a moment 100000 years ago.
Homo floresiensis, also known as the "Hobbit", is considered a distinct species from modern humans. They were a small-statured hominin species that lived on the Indonesian island of Flores around 50,000 to 100,000 years ago. Their unique characteristics set them apart as a separate species within the Homo genus.
Australopithecus africanus
Yes, Neanderthals lived during the Middle Paleolithic period, which spanned roughly from 300,000 to 30,000 years ago. They were a distinct human species that coexisted with early modern humans.
The popular fossils similar to Lucy belong to the genus Australopithecus. Lucy herself is a specimen of Australopithecus afarensis, an early hominin species that lived around 3.2 million years ago.