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https://scitechdaily.com/how-homo-erectus-mastered-desert-survival-over-a-million-years-ago/
. . .
While we know a fair bit about Neanderthals, there
was another big-brained co-species in the mix at
the same time, Erectus.
Alas we know far less about them. They tended to
stick to warm, often damp, areas that were not
good for preserving DNA or even skeletons.
HE got taller over time, their brains got a little
bigger too. This much we know. Then, like the
Neanderthals, they disappeared. We probably killed
them all, just sayin'
Due to lack of DNA we're not nearly as sure where,
even if, HE fits into our modern genetic mix.
Their last bastion seems to have been in the far
east ... so they MAY figure into Chinese and SE
asian and maybe Aussie genetics to some degree.
These would be 'triple hybrids' - human, Neanderthal
and HE.
Someday, somewhere, we'll come upon a better-
preserved HE or two in some mountain cave
shelter. THEN we will be able to fill in
the picture.
Meanwhile, as this study indicates, HE were
indeed bright enough to cope with 'extreme'
environments - deserts and rainforests and
everything in-between. Such broad adaptive
skills were NOT limited to humans.
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