As you already learned, Homo sapiens and Neanderthals lived at the same time. But did you know that about 300,000 years ago there were a whopping nine species of humans all living at the same time as each other? Indeed, Homo sapiens, Neanderthals, Denisovans, Homo erectus, Homo rhodesiensis, Homo naledi, Homo luzonensis, Homo floresiensis, and the Red Deer Cave people all inhabited different corners of the globe at the same time. Given that Homo sapiens is the only species still in existence, what happened to the other eight? Click on to the next slide to find out…