{"id":5117,"date":"2024-01-25T10:29:37","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T03:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/?p=5117"},"modified":"2024-01-25T10:29:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T03:29:37","slug":"when-we-met-other-human-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/when-we-met-other-human-species\/","title":{"rendered":"When We Met Other Human Species"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>TLDR<\/strong>: Modern humans, the sole surviving hominins, interbred with Neanderthals and Denisovans, inheriting crucial adaptations and contributing to their extinction.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This article is a summary of a You Tube video &#8220;When We Met Other Human Species&#8221; by PBS Eons<br \/>\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jdYwMLSNHnU?si=MSS-uePjLjHUDmbx\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Key Takeaways:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Modern Human Uniqueness<\/strong>: We are currently the only surviving hominin species, a solitary branch on the hominin family tree.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ancient Coexistence<\/strong>: Eurasia, around 100,000 years ago, was inhabited by multiple hominin species, including Neanderthals and Denisovans.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Neanderthals&#8217; Extensive Presence<\/strong>: Neanderthals existed across Europe and Asia, from 450,000 to around 40,000 years ago. They were anatomically similar to modern humans and exhibited sophisticated behaviors.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Interbreeding with Neanderthals<\/strong>: Modern humans interbred with Neanderthals, as evidenced by the Neanderthal DNA present in many current populations (up to 2% in Europeans and Asians).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Genetic Impact of Neanderthals<\/strong>: Neanderthal genes have contributed to various human traits, particularly in immune responses and certain environmental adaptations, but also potentially harmful traits like increased blood clot risk.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Discovery of Denisovans<\/strong>: Denisovans, a recently discovered hominin species, were identified primarily through genetic analysis and a few fossil remains, mostly from Denisova Cave in Siberia.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Denisovan Genetic Contribution<\/strong>: Denisovan DNA is present in several modern human populations, particularly in East and South Asia, and Melanesians, contributing to adaptation to high altitude and other environmental factors.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Multiple Interbreeding Events<\/strong>: Evidence suggests that Homo sapiens interbred with Neanderthals and Denisovans multiple times and in different locations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Extinction of Other Hominins<\/strong>: The disappearance of Neanderthals and possibly Denisovans is attributed to factors like climate change, competition, and diminishing populations, rather than direct conflict with modern humans.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hominin Genetic Legacy<\/strong>: The genetic contributions from other hominins have been crucial in human adaptation to different environments, indicating the importance of this inter-species interaction in our evolutionary history.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Modern humans, the sole surviving hominins, interbred with Neanderthals and Denisovans, inheriting crucial adaptations and contributing to their extinction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5118,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science","category-44","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5119,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5117\/revisions\/5119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}