Abstract:Homo sapiens
and Neanderthals (
Homo neanderthalensis
) evolved from
Homo heidelbergensis
in the last 300 000 years.
H. sapiens
subsequently spread throughout the world; all other hominins disappeared. The Out of Africa and multiregional models offer different explanations for this pattern.
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