Archaic groups coexisted with modern humans in Africa until at least MIS 3. Genetic studies confirm archaic admixture into African populations. Late Pleistocene African fossils exhibit high phenotypic diversity unmatched in recent groups. Ishango 11 provides 138 remains from 12 individuals dated 20-25kya in Central Africa. Hofmeyr skull resembles early Europeans more than local Holocene San. Nazlet Khater 2 preserves archaic cranial features unlike recent Africans. Iwo Eleru shows archaic traits persisting into Holocene. Cranial homogenization peaks in sub-Saharan Africa after Bantu expansion. Ishango population displays advanced behaviors like harpoons and mathematical engravings. Regional diversity reflects long-term population interactions and archaic introgression. Late Pleistocene Africans phenotypically varied across continent including West and Central gaps now filled by Ishango. Modern assumptions of early outcompetition of archaics in Africa are false.