Question: Homo heidelbergensis sometimes called Homo rhodesiensis is an extinct species of the genus Homo which lived in Africa Europe and western Asia from at least 600000 years ago and may date back 1300000 years. It survived until about 200000 to 250000 years ago. Its brain was nearly as large as that of a modern Homo sapiens. It is very likely the direct ancestor of Homo sapiens (in Africa) and the Neanderthals (in Europe) and perhaps also the Denisovans (in Central Asia). Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Animal