Why Are We The Only Humans Left?

50,000 years ago, several different human species shared the same planet at the same time. Today there's only one. We break down what actually happened to Homo erectus, the Neanderthals, the Denisovans, and the "hobbits" of Flores, why intelligence alone doesn't explain why we're the ones still here, and what their disappearance might mean for how permanent we actually are. #HumanEvolution #Anthropology #Prehistory #neanderthals 00:00 Intro 00:47 The One Who Outlasted Everyone 04:40 The Neanderthals We Got Wrong 08:09 Why They Actually Disappeared 11:15 The Species We Know From a Finger Bone 15:36 The Hobbits of Flores 19:34 The Cousin We Almost Missed 22:44 Outro