What happened to all the other humans?

Why are we the only human species? Why did the Neanderthals and Denisovans and everyone else go extinct? It's fair to say it's one of the great unanswered questions of archaeology and today we're going to look at some of the clues left for us! 0:00 Introduction 1:11 Small populations 2:50 Were we...

27 min - Dinosaurs & Prehistory - Stefan Milo

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