What Happened to Every Other Human Species?

Everyone alive today is the same kind of human. For most of our species' history, that wasn't true. Here are nine other kinds of humans scientists have found, roughly in the order they vanished. Two of them never fully left. Chapters 0:00 Every human species in 24 seconds 0:24 Homo habilis 1:19 Homo antecessor 2:21 Homo heidelbergensis 3:04 Homo naledi 4:18 Homo erectus 5:18 Homo floresiensis 6:22 Homo luzonensis 7:13 Neanderthals 8:08 Denisovans 9:08 Homo sapiens 9:55 Denny Sources (all opened Oct 8, 2026) https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/... https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/... https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_fl... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neander... https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/... https://australian.museum/learn/scien... https://www.sci.news/archaeology/scie... https://www.earthmagazine.org/article... https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_ha... https://comunicacio.iphes.cat/eng/new... https://archaeologymag.com/2026/07/ho... https://archaeologymag.com/2025/07/de... https://www.iflscience.com/850000-yea... https://australian.museum/learn/scien... https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/... https://australian.museum/learn/scien... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rising_... https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_na... https://www.mpg.de/11322481/oldest-ho... https://archaeologymag.com/2026/06/al... https://www.nationalgeographic.com/hi... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_er... https://www.sciencenews.org/article/f... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmanisi... https://www.nature.com/articles/s4158... https://now.uiowa.edu/2019/12/researc... https://www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc... https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8... https://phys.org/news/2024-08-smalles... https://www.uow.edu.au/media/2024/rem... https://archaeology.org/news/2024/08/... https://www.sciencenews.org/article/n... https://www.nature.com/articles/s4158... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_lu... https://archaeology.org/news/2018/05/... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denny_(...) https://www.sci.news/genetics/dna-stu... https://csmonitor.com/Science/2010/12... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denisovan https://www.sci.news/genetics/science... https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dragon-m... https://www.snopes.com/news/2021/06/2... https://www.sci.news/othersciences/an... https://www.nature.com/articles/natur... https://theconversation.com/were-othe... https://www.sci.news/genetics/red-dee... https://www.sciencenews.org/article/h... https://www.nature.com/articles/d4158... https://www.sciencenews.org/article/m... Art: an original hand-drawn style made with AI image tools. Maps: Natural Earth (public domain). Narration: AI voice. Music: original AI track via vidIQ. #HumanEvolution #Neanderthals #Anthropology