Did you know that way back in the day, humans weren’t just hunters—they were also prey? 😨 Early humans actually had to survive alongside other hominid species like Neanderthals, who were bigger, stronger, and not always friendly. In fact, Neanderthals were so dominant that they kept our ancestors out of Europe for about 100,000 years—basically saying, “Not today, Homo sapiens!” 💪 But forget the old cartoon image of Neanderthals as clueless cavemen—they were smart, had their own language, and were skilled warriors. 🧠🗡️ What’s wild is that we’re still not exactly sure what happened to them—they could’ve been wiped out, blended in with us through interbreeding, or just been taken down by disease. Credit: Important-Inside-769 / Reddit CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0: Addis Abeba: By Ninara – https://flic.kr/p/EaSzzz, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=74409445 Hyaenodon: By Ryan Somma – https://flic.kr/p/c9YtWS, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19730244 CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/: Australopithecus africanus 2: By Didier Descouens, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29387940 Cynocephalus Perspective: By Didier Descouens, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12179737 Homo neanderthalensis: By Tiia Monto, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51293551 Crocodylus depressifrons: By Ghedoghedo, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16241185 CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0: Australopithecus africanus: By Didier Descouens, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29379536 Homo sapiens neanderthalensis: By Neanderthal-Museum – https://www.neanderthal.de/de/urmenschen.html, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=94895244 Homo Habilis Foot: By Ryan Somma, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17150/homo-habilis-foot-with-crocodile-bite-marks/ Skulls: By Pramod.s.wiki, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=60325000 Homo erectus: By Jakub Hałun, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=113008349 CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0: Smilodon californicus: By Ryan Somma, FunkMonk – https://flic.kr/p/4pMCmm, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16065893 CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0: Crocodylus porosus: By Auckland Museum – https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collection/object/am_naturalsciences-object-131029, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=67503427 Animation is created by Bright Side. #brightside —————————————————————————————- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ Listen to Bright Side on: Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV Apple Podcast – https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/idhttps-podcasts-apple-com-podcast-bright-side/id1554898078 —————————————————————————————- Our Social Media: Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/brightside/ Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official/ Tik Tok – https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en Snapchat – https://www.snapchat.com/p/c6a1e38a-bff1-4a40-9731-2c8234ccb19f/1866144599336960 Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru —————————————————————————————- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me
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