I feel like this is splitting hairs with words, but you may be wrong here. Some people consider Neanderthals as a subspecies of human (Homo sapiens neanderthal

I feel like this is splitting hairs with words, but you may be wrong here. Some people consider Neanderthals as a subspecies of human (Homo sapiens neanderthalensis) vs completely distinct (Homo neanderthalensis) So depending on how you decide on that question there may have been non-humans to give names and record history; as mentioned in the article the oldest cave paintings are thought to be from Neanderthals.