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HUMAN RACE
Human Beings are bipedal Mammals divided into two sexes, Male and Female, with six distinct breeds. Skin tone and distinctions in facial characteristics can identify different breeds of human. Both halves of this race, male and female are required to reproduce sans the use of cloning and genetic technology. For the most part, humans mate for periods up to seven years and some humans are even known to mate for life. Humans are social creatures and usually mass in large groups and generally don't cope well with solitary life. Human females are fertile once every month and humans mate often, even when females are not in season. Females give birth usually to one offspring and human males assist in the raising of the offspring. Males will usually remain with the female long enough to produce at least one viable offspring before looking for a new mate. Males will stay with the female to protect her and the offspring and will remain with the family unit for up to four to seven years. If a male remains in the family group for periods longer than fifteen years, chances are low that he will leave the family group and will remain with his chosen mate for the rest of his life. Typically, 62% of human males and females mate for life. While there is still some debate over the issue, it is believed that Humans originated on the continent of North Africa on their home world Earth. Humans are decedents of apes, who reside in the jungles and trees. Unlike other apes humans have the ability to swim, little body hair and have an extra layer of body fat. These physiological differences from their ape cousins is believed to have been caused by humans migrating into an aquatic life in the southern waters of Africa, possibly during one of Earth's many ice ages. This gave rise to a humanoid that would come to be known as Homo Erectus, more than 70,000 years ago. Homo Erectus eventually have rise to two separate types of humanoid - Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon. While Homo Erectus migrated eastward and became extinct for reasons unknown, Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon thrived in North Africa, the Middle East and Europe, the two humanoids separated by the ongoing ice-age. Cro-Magnon would eventually render the Neanderthal extinct via a combination of war and environmental changes the Neanderthal - specialized to survive the ice age - could not adapt to. Cro-Magnon would eventually give rise to the humans as seen on Earth Today, who would come to dominate their planet in only some 15,000 to 5,000 years following the great ice age that saw the death of the other human subspecies. Humans are omnivores and feed on a wide variety of animals. Humans prefer to feed on large grass eating herbivores such as Cows (see: planetary species - earth), as well smaller creatures like pigs, sheep, rabbits and small cats. Humans are also known to feed on fish, birds, as well as fruits and vegetables, a hold over from their genetic past when the lived in the jungles. While not the strongest of species, humans are much tougher animals then are usually credited. Humans can go days without water, weeks without food. They can survive cold temperatures to a far greater degree than other races such as the Drazi, or high temperature environments that would kill a Minbari in as little as a day. Their ability to adapt is probably the human race's most powerful genetic trait. |
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