human species

Who Lived At The Same Time As Neanderthals?

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Who Lived At The Same Time As Neanderthals? Together with an Asian people known as Denisovans Which human species lived at the same time? Homo sapiens (anatomically modern humans) emerged close to 300,000 to 200,000 years ago, most likely in Africa, and Homo neanderthalensis emerged at around the same time in Europe and Western Asia.

How Many Hominine Species Exist Today?

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How Many Hominine Species Exist Today? Hominin, any member of the zoological “tribe” Hominini (family Hominidae, order Primates), of which only one species exists today—Homo sapiens, or human beings. How many species of hominids exist on earth today? According to Smithsonian, there are 21 recognised human species. But other papers list only 10-12 species as