The earliest humans,

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, or "handy man," adapted to the environment by making and using tools. Two more recent groups, the
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in Europe, and their close relatives from Asia, the
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, lived at the same time as the first modern humans. But those groups were less capable of adapting to the environment, so they vanished about 28,000 years ago. The scientific name for modern humans is
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, or "wise people."

The earliest humans, Homo habilis, or "handy man," adapted to the environment by making and using tools. Two more recent groups, the Neanderthals in Europe, and their close relatives from Asia, the Denisovans, lived at the same time as the first modern humans. But those groups were less capable of adapting to the environment, so they vanished about 28,000 years ago. The scientific name for modern humans is Homo sapiens, or "wise people."

The earliest humans, known as Homo habilis, or "handy man," adapted to the environment by making and using tools. Two more recent groups, the Neanderthals in Europe, and their close relatives from Asia, the Denisovans, lived at the same time as the first modern humans. But those groups were less capable of adapting to the environment, so they vanished about 28,000 years ago. The scientific name for modern humans is Homo sapiens, or "wise people."