Our Most Mysterious Extinct Cousins

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Learn more about Surfshark with Incogni at: https://incogni.com/pbseons There was a group of hominins, those creatures more closely related to us than to chimpanzees, that did take a different, parallel journey from our ancestors. Our paths ran beside each other - and potentially even crossed at times - but while ours led us here, theirs led to extinction. ***** PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to http://to.pbs.org/DonateEons ***** Eons is a production of Complexly for PBS Digital Studios. Super special thanks to the following Patreon patrons for helping make Eons possible: Collin Dutrow, Pope John XII, Steven Kern, Aaditya Mehta, AllPizzasArePersonal, John H. Austin, Jr., Alex Hackman, Amanda Ward, Stephen Patterson, Karen Farrell, Trevor Long, Jason Rostoker, Jonathan Rust, Mary Tevington, Bart & Elke van Iersel - De Jong, Irene Wood, Derek Helling, Mark Talbott-Williams, Nomi Alchin, Duane Westhoff, Hillary Ryde-Collins, Yu Mei, Albert Folsom, Heathe Kyle Yeakley, Dan Caffee, Nick Ryhajlo, Jeff Graham If you'd like to support the channel, head over to http://patreon.com/eons and pledge for some cool rewards! Want to follow Eons elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/eonsshow Twitter - https://twitter.com/eonsshow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/eonsshow/ #Eons #Paranthropus References: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f214kHNpb9-RNQBJ4D75CrthaN7l1CSYD7apcTQ9R4E/edit?usp=sharing