So what would it be like for two species of hominin to meet? There is no way of completely knowing to my guess is as good as yours. Given the nature of life and survival of the fittest and all that one can assume how things went down. I assume that when two species of hominin first came across eachother the first thought was fear of the unknown. They probably thought something along the lines of "they look kinda like us but they're not us so they must be a threat". They also probably thought the other was invading their territory. So the first interaction may have been hostile or defensive. Now if they could get past the fear of each-other and learn to coexist (as we know some have) then I believe there would have been a lot of competition. Competition for mates between the species, competition for food, and competition for territory. I bet even a Romeo and Juliet scenario isn't completely out of the question


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