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🧬 What really happened to the other human species? Just 50,000 years ago, we weren't alone. We shared the planet with at least five other human species: Neanderthals stronger than you, mysterious Denisovans, child-sized hobbits, and the last survivors of a nearly two-million-year-old lineage… and they all went extinct. Except for one. Us. Why were we the only ones to survive? Were we smarter? Stronger? Or were we just lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time? The answer that science is uncovering is far more unsettling—and more humbling—than what you were taught in school. In this third episode of ANCESTRAL, we take you back to the planet 50,000 years ago, when entering a cave could mean encountering people who thought, spoke, buried their dead, and painted art… but they didn't look like you. You'll understand why Homo sapiens isn't the top of a ladder, but the last living branch of a tree that used to have many branches. 🦴 WHAT YOU'LL DISCOVER IN THIS VIDEO: 🧍 Homo erectus: the most successful human species in history, which lasted 1.8 million years (SIX TIMES longer than us) and still disappeared. The "Turkana Boy" and why if you dressed him today, no one would even look at him. 🪨 Neanderthals: the truth about the humans that popular culture portrayed as primitive brutes… and who actually had brains BIGGER than yours, painted abstract art 20,000 years before we did, and manufactured adhesives with advanced chemistry. 👻 Denisovans: the phantom species we only knew from a fragment of a finger… until in 2021 we discovered the "Dragon Man" (Homo longi) and could finally see his face. And why modern Tibetans can breathe at 4,000 meters thanks to ONE gene inherited from them. 🧚 Homo floresiensis: the one-meter-tall "hobbits" who lived on an island with Komodo dragons and dwarf elephants. And the legend of the Ebu Gogo: folklore or real memory? 🌍 The hypothesis that is shaking up anthropology: we didn't survive because we were more intelligent. We survived because of something MUCH simpler… and much more fragile. 💀 The uncomfortable lesson: the last Neanderthal didn't know he was the last. Neither did the last Denisovan. Would we know? 📖 ABOUT THE CHANNEL: ANCESTRAL is your journey into humanity's deepest past. We explore prehistory, human evolution, anthropology, and the forgotten mysteries of our ancestors with narratives based on real scientific research, but told in a way that ANYONE can understand and connect with. 🔔 SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss upcoming episodes about human evolution, prehistory, Homo sapiens, Neanderthals, Denisovans, the Paleolithic era, and the secrets that science is just now uncovering about our origins. 👍 If this video blew your mind, give it a LIKE and share it with someone who needs a reminder that we're not as special as we think. 💬 If the last Neanderthal didn't know he was the last… would we? Tell us what you think in the comments 👇 📚 SCIENTIFIC SOURCES: Rizal et al., 2020 — Last appearance of Homo erectus in Ngandong, Java (Nature) Brown et al., 2004 — Discovery of Homo floresiensis in Liang Bua (Nature) Sutikna et al., 2016 — Revised chronology of Homo floresiensis (Nature) Hoffmann et al., 2018 — 64,000-year-old Neanderthal art at La Pasiega (Science) Reich et al., 2010 — Denisovan genome from Denisova Cave (Nature) Meyer et al., 2012 — Complete sequencing of the Denisovan genome (Science) Huerta-Sánchez et al., 2014 — EPAS1 gene and Tibetan adaptation to altitude (Nature) Pääbo, S., 2014 — The human condition: a molecular approach (Cell) Stringer, C., 2012 — The status of Homo heidelbergensis (Evolutionary Anthropology) Harvati, K., 2010 — Neanderthals, Denisovans, and modern humans (Nature) Ji et al., 2021 — Dragon Man / Homo longi (The Innovation) Solecki, R. — Flower burials in Shanidar Cave (Iraq) 📌 TOPICS EXPLORED: what happened to other human species, other extinct human species, how many human species existed, why are we the only human species, Neanderthal documentary, Homo neanderthalensis, who were Denisovans, Homo erectus duration, Homo floresiensis hobbits, hobbits of Flores Indonesia, Dragon Man (Homo longi), Neanderthal DNA in modern humans, Neanderthal extinction, why did Neanderthals become extinct, EPAS1 gene in Tibetan Denisovans, La Pasiega cave Neanderthal art, Turkana Child fossil, Shanidar cave burials, Ebu Gogo legend of Flores, human evolution documentary, Homo sapiens last survivor, evolutionary anthropology, paleoanthropology, human ancestors, prehistory explained, human evolution documentary (Spanish). #Prehistory #HumanEvolution #Ancestral