...resulting in the final emergence of Homo Sapiens?
i.e. Homo ergaster, 1.9 million BP
Homo erectus, 1.7 million BP
Homo antecessor, 0.8 million BP
Homo heidelbergensis, 0.6 million BP
Homo idaltu, 0.2 million BP
That is, since there was a time when several varieties of Homonin roamed Africa simultaneously, and were not exceptionally different in apearance...
Interbreeding could have been a major cause for an accelerated rate of mutations, many of which were successful...
What say you?
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