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Sapiens Drove Other Human Species Extinct

Until roughly 60,000 years ago the world hosted many human species (like the Neanderthals in Europe), but as Homo sapiens spread from East Africa all other human species disappeared within a short time—probably the most thorough ethnic cleansing in history, accomplished with more or less violence.

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Yuval Harari

Evidence Quote

so until, say, 60,000 years ago, you had many different species of humans... like the Neanderthals in Europe

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Yuval Harari on SapiensEconTalk
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:18:45 AM

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