Ella Al-Shamahi

Yes, like a fork.

Yes, exactly.

And by implication, because we are kind of sister species, the implication is that we will be similar-ish ages.

Because whenever the split was with our grandparent or our parent species...

You kind of broadly expect that those species will be the same age.

It doesn't necessarily have to be true, but broadly speaking.

Chris and some Chinese paleoanthropologists have basically are now of the opinion that they have a Denisovan around a million years old.

So the implication...

And if it had come from many others, I think we wouldn't have been taking it as seriously.

But the implication is that therefore, if the Denisovans are a million years old, the Neanderthals are something similar and we therefore are something similar.

So surprise, you're a lot older than you think you are.

Yes.

Yes.

Neanderthals that we know of existed in Europe and into Central Asia.

We don't have any Neanderthals in Africa.

I mean, if you held a gun to my head and were like, are you trying to tell me that no Neanderthal ever made it to North Africa?

I'd be like, of course they did.

They must have done, right?

I've just got no evidence for it, so I probably shouldn't say that.

But, you know, there are parts of Spain where you could see Morocco back then, and I find it plausible.