Humans Interbred with Four Extinct Hominin Species, Research Finds
"Homo sapiens" is Latin for "wise man," but there were many Hominin species who possessed comparative culture, art, and intelligence. Neanderthals actually had larger brains compared to modern humans[0]. There are many theories on why Neanderthals became extinct[1]; my favorite is that we simply outbred them because of our sex appeal. What is Latin for "sexy human?"[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal#Anatomy[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal_extinction