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Humans: The People of Earth
     Vital Statistics
Species Name:        Human
Home World:            Earth
Type of Culture:        Representative Democracy, with varying sub-cultures
Classification:            Mammalian, Humanoid, Primate
Genders:            1 Male, 1 Female
Average Lifespan:        Approximately 150 years, Earth Standard Calendar
Type of Diet:            Omnivorous
Method of Reproduction:    Viviparous, with post-natal lactation
     Overview
    Humans are carbon-based, erect standing primates from the planet Earth.  They are a fairly young species.  They have existed for barely two hundred thousand years, Earth Standard Time Scale.  According to the Elnore (and ancient human legends), humans were created by the Anunnaki (an ancient Sumerian word meaning “those who from the heavens came down to earth”) as laborers.  Humans have since evolved into a technologically advanced, space-faring culture.  Though some species in the galaxy don't trust humans, and see them as invaders, most of the galactic community find human acceptable.
     Origins
    Humans originated from the planet Earth.  Earth is classified as a “garden planet” (see “Garden Planet”).  Earth is 75% water to 25% land.  It features a wide variety of environments, from lush forests and grasslands to deserts to arctic wastelands.  Despite a period of environmental pollution, Earth is still a mostly natural planet, with cities covering a small percentage of the planet's surface.  Since becoming a space-faring culture, humans have spread and settled on Luna, Earth's only natural satellite.  They have also settled on Mars, and in colonies orbiting Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.  They have also spread out into the galaxy and colonized worlds in the near vicinity of Earth, such as Alpha Centauri and Tau Ceti.
 
     Culture
    Humans have a dazzlingly diverse array of cultures and religions, and one could spend several lifetime studying them.  This cultural diversity has caused tribal warfare among humans, but since learning that they are not alone in the universe, 99% of tribal conflicts among humans have stopped.  If one were to distill human culture down to its most basic ideas, then human culture centers simultaneously around the basic family unit (parents and children), and the individual.  Individuality is a natural instinct among humans (even those who enforce strict conformity).  This is an odd contrast to the fact that humans are also highly social, and can most often be found congregating with other people.  Humans will even congregate with non-humans.  Humans are also known to practice some form of religion, and can sometimes be quite fanatical about their religion.  However, humans are best known to be a consumer culture.  Economic commerce is an inescapable thing among humans.  If there is a way to earn a profit, then humans will find it.  Humans are also known to be quite violent, and militaristic warfare is part and partial to their culture.  Nearly all human cultures have an internal police force, and an organized military force.  Many human military concepts have been adopted by other civilizations in the galaxy.  In fact, when the human race joined the Galactic Alliance, the Galactic Fleet was overall reorganized to better fit with human ideas.

      Biology and Social Structure
    Humans are classified as primates.  They are upright walking, and mostly hairless.  They are mammals, and reproduce sexually.  Humans come in two genders, male and female.  Human reproduction begins with sexual intercourse, which results in the conception of an offspring.  Female humans gestate a single infant for nine months, Earth Standard Time Scale.  Human females give birth over the course of eight to thirty-six hours, Earth Standard Time Scale.  Humans are omnivores and can eat a surprisingly wide variety of cuisines, though they are sensitive to chemically strong cuisines, such as the vast majority of Shrive cuisines.  Humans have a fairly low tolerance to extremes of heat and cold, though they have adapted to this using technology.
    For humans, social structure varies from region to region.  Social structures among humans range from strictly stratified societies to nearly chaotic societies with virtually no social structure whatever.  Humans are remarkably adaptable.  This may be because they were artificially created.  Though no one in living memory has ever seen the Anunnaki, the Elnore have stated that humans were engineered for adaptability, and the human race has demonstrated this to dazzling effect.  What they can't adapt to biologically, they will use technology to adapt.  Humans think nothing of modifying their bodies for the sake of adaptation, or even the whims of fashion and cosmetic desire.  Humans are one of the few species in the galaxy that practices predation even on its own species.  They are known to be one of the most violent of species, with the Shrive Fighters being arguably the MOST violent race in the galaxy.  Humans have a talent for organized violence, and it can be argued that humans perfected both organized crime and organized warfare, though other species have made the same claim.  However, it should be noted that such species are known to have adopted human tactics and philosophies of violence.


     Closing information
    Humans are adaptable and spread rapidly.  They may have been engineered to be a worker race, which accounts for their relatively rapid gestation and maturation, and their comparatively short lifespan, but they have proven themselves as great organizers and highly adaptable, and this has earned them a modicum of respect.
     Writing Humans
 
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