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The oldest human remains discovered in Poland are over 100,000 years old. They are hand bones of a Neanderthal child digested by a large bird. (scienceinpoland.pl)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

There were a half dozen or so species of human that would be able to interbreed with us but would also kinda feel like lord of the rings. Neanderthals were short and strong likes dwarves. Denisovans were probably very tall and thin like elves. Florensis were short kinda hobbit like. There would have been several other species of human we probably couldn't breed with but it is unclear how much we got to hang out with them. Let alone other great apes. Like, as a cave man baboons would look like orcs or goblins. They would be almost like you but stronger and less able to talk.