Homo-Exoticus

Homo-Exoticus is an extinct subspecies of archaic humans that existed in South America and Antarctica between around 600,000 B.C. and 350,000 B.C. While the exact evolutionary origins are unknown about this subspecies, they are seen as either another fork off of the same subspecies humans evolved from, or a step in between the two subspecies. They were a mostly nomadic species that would find themselves mostly congregated far from most homo-sapiens as they migrated much earlier in the Americas.

The homo-exoticus subspecies would go on to migrate across the ice-land bridge between South America and Antarctica and be the first humans to inhabit the area around 400,000 B.C. They would coexist and intermingle alongside the also quickly evolving species of Bipedals, another intelligent species coinhabitating the Auroran/Antartican basin. As the two mingled, their genes would be passed to the bipedals and vice-versa, but moreso the former due to the different pairings of dominant and recessive genes. Most predominantly homo-exoticus hybrids would retain their human-like characteristics.

This blending would result in the subsequent development and "evolution" of a new subspecies: homo-exoticus-antarticus, or Auroran Humans. Ironically, genetic compatibility between bipedals and this new human subspecies would become very much reduced. However, both groups would benefit from the new variety of genes within their respective gene pools.

Eventually this intermingling would result in the homo-exoticus subspecies becoming practically entirely replaced by the homo-exoticus-antarticus subspecies by around 380,000 - 350,000 YBP (from 2025 A.D.)

Temporal Range
~1,000,000? - ~350,000 YBP
Primary Location of Habitation
Mostly South America and Antartica.
Location of Origin
Possibly Northern Africa or Eurasia.
Scientific Classification
Homo-Exoticus

Preceding Species
Homo-Heidelbergensis?

Succeding Species
Homo-Exoticus-Antarcticus
Status
Extinct (Merged)