20 miles away from our house a 150 million year old fossil of a T Rex ancestor was found this week.

The Philippine ethnic group Ayta Magbukon has the highest proportion of genes from our extinct relatives, the Denisovans, a new study led by Uppsala University shows. Their Denisovan share far exceeds that of ethnic groups in Papua New Guinea, who previously held the record.Aug 13, 2021
I believe Denosovians also mixed with early south Americans. I would guess they were better builders than Neanderthals in Europe.