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Why did Homo sapiens outlast all other human species?

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Modern humans (Homo sapiens) are the sole surviving representatives of the human family tree, but we're the last sentence in an evolutionary story that began approximately 6 million years ago and spawned at least 18 species known collectively as hominins. 

So what was the secret to our success? Why did H. sapiens survive when all of our relatives went extinct?

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/why-did-homo-sapiens-outlast-all-other-human-species

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Modern humans (Homo sapiens) are the sole surviving representatives of the human family tree, but we're the last sentence in an evolutionary story that began approximately 6 million years ago and spaw

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