There were other humans earlier in the planets history, but Sapiens were the ones which came out on top. Dr Yuval Noah Harari explains how we did it, in a book called "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind." It's just been translated into English ..400 pages of paleontology, biology, history, and some pop culture too.
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