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Past human species: how different were they from us?

Our DNA carries remnants from our prehistoric ancestors

Past human species: how different were they from us?
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Eve Molloy
16/05/2025 16:00 ‧ 5 days ago | StarsInsider

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Well done Homo sapiens! Yes, that's us: the modern human. We avoided extinction and thrived. But this was not the case for any other archaic human species. And if you think that we simply evolved in a direct line, you couldn't be more wrong. In fact, other species of humans cohabited on our planet at the same time. And yes, we even bred with some of them. However, in the end, we were the only ones who survived.

But how different were these early human species from us, really? Click through the gallery to find out.

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