article_snippet: They were a species of early human thought to have roamed Europe and Asia for up to 300,000 years before finally dying out.
article_snippet: The species first appeared around 400,000 years ago and spread throughout much of Europe and Asia.
article_snippet: Some scientists have suggested that The species were killed off by modern humans - Homo sapiens - as Some scientists moved out of Africa or were unable to cope changes to the climate.
article_snippet: They were big, brutish and probably not particularly good-looking.