There were plenty of other hominids, but they disappeared, probably because humans exterminated them, but nobody knows for sure.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I kept an open mind on the question of whether a hominid had been present in Europe in the early Pleistocene.
Perhaps the most mysterious of all mammals is the male Homo sapiens. Indeed, many anthropologists classify the group as a subspecies.
We did not know there were other people besides the Indian until about one hundred winters ago, when some men with white faces came to our country.
There aren't very many notable Native American female figures historically. That's the way that it's been. Pocahontas and Sacajawea.
In prehistoric times, Homo sapiens was deeply endangered. Early humans were less fleet of foot, with fewer natural weapons and less well-honed senses than all the predators that threatened them. Moreover, they were hampered in their movements by the need to protect their uniquely immature young - juicy meals for any hungry beast.
Were there no women, men might live like gods.
Most of our ancestors were not perfect ladies and gentlemen. The majority of them weren't even mammals.
In the last two or three decades, there's been a feminization of the man in popular media that I've never really understood.
Older people may have always existed throughout history, but they were rare.
Are we the first hominids? I really, really, really doubt it.