Extinction of Archaic Humans

Angus Chu and Pietro F. Peretto

Chapter 4 in Human Origins and Evolution in a Malthusian Economy, 2025, pp 27-39 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: In the previous chapter, we explore the migration of early humans. When early modern humans migrated, they encountered other human species. This chapter explores how archaic humans became extinct. For most of the past 300,000 years, early modern humans and archaic humans, such as Neanderthals and Denisovans, coexisted. These archaic humans only became extinct after early modern humans migrated from Africa to Asia and Europe around 70,000– 50,000 years ago. Neanderthals lived in Eurasia and became extinct about 40,000 years ago, whereas Denisovans lived in Asia and possibly became extinct as late as 32,000 years ago…

Keywords: Human Origins; Human Evolution; Malthusian Growth Theory; Natural Selection; Human Brain Size Evolution; Prehistoric Human Migration; Migration Out of Africa; Extinction of Archaic Humans; Neolithic Revolution; Political Fragmentation and Unification; Industrial Revolution; Technological Progress; Innovation; Education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D64 J11 N10 O10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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