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by RobertoG 3019 days ago
>>"[..] Homo species on the planet that co-evolved to human level intelligence [..]"

Can you elaborate on this? I'm a little at lost about what you mean.

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There were at least two other Homo species that co-evolved to human level intelligence separate from the one that arose in sub-Sahran Africa. The reason we know this because at least two inbred with the African Homo sapiens; Homo neanderthalensis and Homo “Desnisovan” [0].

0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaic_human_admixture_with_m...