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Anthropology

wnylib

(25,323 posts)

9. Hominid extinctions outside of Africa?

Reply to GreenWave (Reply #5)

Mon Jun 5, 2023, 10:04 PM

Jun 2023

I guess that's sort of true. Homo erectus, Heidelbergensis, Neanderthal, and Denisovans no longer exist as their own separate species or sub species.

But Erectus was the forerunner that the rest descended from. Neanderthal and Denisovan genes still exist in Sapiens through interbreeding. So, in a way, they all still live on in modern humans. Our forerunners went extinct as separate hominids but blended with Homo sapiens, making us "hybrids."