Human species

Homo Ergaster. Lived c. 1.8 - 1.3 million years ago.

Atlantis, ancient history, human origins, alternative science

We can only guess what the future will look like. But the past? We have evidence to help us paint a picture of it. To visit it.

Neanderthals are the closest extinct human relative. With their large middle part of the face, huge nose, and angular cheekbones, they seem like completely different creatures to us—cavemen. However, they were not so different from us as their brains were as large as ours and there’s even some evidence that they buried their dead, occasionally marking graves with offerings such as flowers. And that’s something that no other primate or human species has ever practiced beside us.

Hominid Skulls

Early hominids made underground structures by firelight, possibly for rituals, 176,500 years ago, according to finds in southwest France

The internal anatomy of a lamia.

Strange Tooth Raises Unexpected Questions About Human Evolution - Ancient Pages

Human evolution. Artwork of eight different species from the human evolutionary tree, all now extinct except modern humans (Homo sapiens sapiens, lower right).

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Some modern humans carry immune genes that originated in Neanderthals and a related species. But these genes may have come at a price

erectus - sapiens bonestructure