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| | Homo heidelbergensis |
 | | Homo heidelbergensis was named only recently when several scientists proposed that the first colonizer of Europe, previously believed to be an "archaic" Homo sapiens, was actually a different species. |
 | | heidelbergensis argued that it was the ancestor of both Homo sapiens and the Neanderthals. |
 | | heidelbergensis lived can be best described as harboring "many species of large and small mammals, including shrews, shrews, voles, beavers, wild boar, fallow deer, roe, giant deer, bear, moose, horse, and an extinct species of rhinoceros. |
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