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What subspecies are humans today?
Current humans have been designated as subspecies Homo sapiens sapiens, differentiated, according to some, from the direct ancestor, Homo sapiens idaltu (with some other research instead classifying idaltu and current humans as belonging to the same subspecies).
What are the two species of humans?
Homo sapiens (anatomically modern humans) emerged close to 300,000 to 200,000 years ago, most likely in Africa, and Homo neanderthalensis emerged at around the same time in Europe and Western Asia.
Are there any sub-species of human beings?
Homo sapiens sapiens, in anthropology and paleontology, the subspecies of Homo sapiens that consists of the only living members of genus Homo, modern human beings. Traditionally, this subspecies designation was used by paleontologists and anthropologists to separate modern human beings from more-archaic members of Homo sapiens.
Is there such thing as different human subspecies?
No grouping of humans into separate races (or subspecies) is based on actual genetic or other biological differences. “Among the 3.2 billion base pairs in the human genome, there is no fixed difference that separates, for example, Africans from non-Africans.
Why are humans the dominant species?
Humans became the dominant species after the extinction of the dinosaurs. It is believed that there was a global event of some sort that led to their extinction. As mammals began to rise, humans became the most dominant because of our ability to adapt, learn, and adjust to our environment.
What are the extinct subspecies of Homo sapiens?
Vampires (Homo sapiens homovorus) are an extinct anthropophagous subspecies of Homo sapiens. Since their extinction, they have been embedded in the mythology and folklore of various cultures. In folklore, they acquired numerous supernatural characteristics, the most common is that they were re-animated corpses of human beings.