Neanderthals May Not Be Our Closest Human Relative Anymore

Time to alter the known timeline of Homo Sapien evolution, again

Hiya!

Happy Monday! Guess what?? Tomorrow is my birthday! Hurray! I don’t care if I’m turning 35. I still get excited about my birthday. Earlier this month I got a chance to spend some time with my best friend who I hadn’t seen in almost a year! We ate good food, binged Euphoria on HBO, went on safe outdoor adventures, and played with her four fur-children.

Tomorrow, I plan to stay in pajamas, eat all the junk I want, then have a movie marathon — because I can. But today, I want to delve into a deep dive about yet another astonishing historical discovery that could radically alter the human timeline. Ready to nerd out with me?

Us and Our Human Relatives

Before we jump to the juicy parts, let’s discuss a bit about our ancient human relatives, shall we? Since we’re the last remaining human species, we tend to think we’re the best of the best species, not just within the Homo family but the universe.

Though we shouldn’t be too quick to assume we’re the best to have ever lived. After all, we’ve only been here for around 300,000 years. Actually, a recent discovery pushed our homo sapien timeline to begin about 350,000 thousand years ago. But probably not much longer if we don’t turn things around with Global Warming…. either way, we’ve been around for only a fraction of the 1.5 million years homo Erectus survived.