DF World: Do non-humans have their own countries?

[Flyndaran]

Originally Posted by RyanW

Not just recent genetic bottleneck, but population dispersal that is pretty much unprecedented. Not many other species have spread around the entire globe in such an evolutionary eye-blink.

I don't know; humans stayed in Africa evolving while others of the Homo genus and even a few others wandered out into the "old world". We exploded onto the global scene but "Borg-mated" with other species when we did arrive. That probably helped our survival immensely.
We assimilated their hard earned immune system adaptations then likely outcompeted them with our unique advantages.
At least one gene that helps greatly with low oxygen environments common in Himalayan populations is known to have come from Denisovans. (The sister species to humans and neanderthals.)

It's why one of my non-human species are actually a hybrid of three small vaguely hobbit like hominids. Some populations more strongly resemble the two less represented species in form and ability. 60/20/20 ratio if we wanted to average their genetics. For gaming purposes it also allows one of a few odd physical abilities that would otherwise seem unrealistic.