▁years ▁ago , ▁when ▁they ▁were ▁being ▁disp la ced ▁from ▁their ▁earlier ▁habit ats ▁by ▁H . ▁s api ens , ▁based ▁on ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁exc av ations ▁at ▁the ▁site ▁of ▁By z ov aya ▁in ▁the ▁Ur als ▁( K omi ▁Republic , ▁). ▁ ▁Other ▁arch a ic ▁human ▁species ▁are ▁assumed ▁to ▁have ▁spread ▁throughout ▁Africa ▁by ▁this ▁time , ▁although ▁the ▁foss il ▁record ▁is ▁sparse . ▁Their ▁presence ▁is ▁assumed ▁based ▁on ▁traces ▁of ▁ad mi xture ▁with ▁modern ▁humans ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁gen ome ▁of ▁African ▁populations . ▁H omo ▁n ale di , ▁discovered ▁in ▁South ▁Africa ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁and ▁tent atively ▁dated ▁to ▁about ▁ 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁years ▁ago , ▁may ▁represent ▁foss il ▁evidence ▁of ▁such ▁an ▁arch a ic ▁human ▁species . ▁ ▁Ne ander th als ▁spread ▁across ▁the ▁Near ▁East ▁and ▁Europe , ▁while ▁Den is ov ans ▁appear ▁to ▁have ▁spread ▁across ▁Central ▁and ▁East ▁Asia ▁and ▁to ▁S out heast ▁Asia ▁and ▁O ce ania . ▁There ▁is ▁evidence ▁that ▁Den is ov ans ▁inter bre d ▁with ▁Ne ander th als ▁in ▁Central ▁Asia ▁where ▁their ▁habit ats ▁over la pped . ▁ ▁H omo ▁s api ens ▁ ▁Dis pers al ▁throughout ▁Africa ▁ ▁H omo ▁s api ens ▁are ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁emer ged ▁in ▁Africa ▁about ▁ 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁years ▁ago , ▁based ▁in ▁part ▁on