Neanderthals Vs Homo Sapiens: Different Species Or Subspecies?

Most people believe that Homo sapiens are the only humans to have ever walked the face of the Earth. However, this isn’t true. We just happen to be the only human species left. The ever-so-familiar portrait of an ape evolving into a Homo sapien conveys evolution as a linear phenomenon. Still, the truth is Earth was once called home by more than one human species, and we evolved alongside these humans, not directly from them. Homo habilis, Homo rudolfensis, Homo erectus, and Homo neanderthalensis are some of the human species that lived on our beloved Earth before and contemporaneously with our ancestors before modern humans came along. Are these now-extinct human species really just our archaic brothers and sisters or something closer to distant cousins? If so, why are they all acknowledged as entirely different human species, rather than just Homo sapiens? Neanderthals are our closest relatives and can easily fool you into thinking they’re the same as you (though a bit less groomed), but they’re still mostly considered to be a separate species. Are they really a different species? Find out answers to these pertaining questions in this eye-opening video.