Not so very long ago, we shared this planet with several other species of human, all of them clever, resourceful and excellent hunters, so why did only Homo sapiens survive?
Homo erectus survived on Earth for almost two million years
"There's such a huge gulf between ourselves and our nearest primate relatives, gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos," said Dr Shea.
Planet of the Apemen is on BBC1 at 2000BST on Thursdays from 23 June or catch up afterwards via iPlayer at the above link
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