Thoughts on Worldbuilding: Justifying Multiple Sapient Species

The presence of multiple sapient species is often a given in speculative fiction. However, our natural history tells us, that this is not necessarily a likely outcome. So, what can we do to properly justify the existence of many sapient creatures on a single planet?




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