The Other Humans: Why We Survived?

About this episode

The episode explores the coexistence and competition among early human species and the evolution of Homo sapiens.

For most of human history, we were not alone. Human evolution was shaped by multiple human species living side by side, from Neanderthals in Europe to Denisovans in Asia, before all but one disappeared. Tristan Hughes is joined by Ella Al-Shamahi to explore the story of the early humans who once shared our world. How did these different species evolve? Did they compete or coexist? And what do the latest discoveries reveal about the tangled story of human evolution and the survival of Homo sapiens? MORE Homo Sapiens v Neanderthals Listen on Apple Listen on Spotify Human Evolution: Dragon Man Listen on Apple Listen on Spotify The Ancients is now on YouTube! Watch here: @TheAncientsPodcast Presented by Tristan Hughes. Audio editor is Aidan Lonergan. The producer is Joseph Knight. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff. All music courtesy of Epidemic Sounds The Ancients is a History Hit podcast. Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe .   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Tristan Hughes

Guest: Ella Al-Shamahi

Topics covered

• human evolution
• Neanderthals
• Denisovans
• Homo sapiens
• species coexistence
• human history

Keywords

• human evolution
• Neanderthals
• Denisovans
• Homo sapiens
• early humans
• species competition
• coexistence

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: History Hit

Books & works: The Ancients

Places: Europe, Asia

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