Anthropology › Section E · The genus Homo › Topic E.3
Archaic Homo and the emergence of modern humans
Until about 40,000 years ago, Homo sapiens shared the planet with several other kinds of human. Fossils, ancient proteins and DNA now reveal Neanderthals, Denisovans and small-bodied island species, and show that our own species arose in Africa about 300,000 years ago.
In this topic
- A crowded human world
- Early archaic humans
- Neanderthals
- Neanderthal minds
- Worked example: the flower burial
- Why did Neanderthals disappear?
- Denisovans: from DNA to a face
- Small-bodied humans
- The emergence of Homo sapiens
- Worked example: who overlapped with whom?
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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