Pondering Humaniti....

[infojunky]

Ok, have spent a bunch of time pondering/studying the Paleolithic Genus Homo in the past couple of years.

The thought occurs, that the spread of "Humaniti" by the ancients wasn't specifically Homo Sapiens but various closely related species.

In that looking at the genetic history of Homo Sapiens there are indications of hybredisation. Couple that with the generally accepted theory that species that share a common ancestor within the 2,000,000 years are inter-fertile.

Just some food for thought.

 

[Talifon]

Some of the minor human races are specifically identified as being descended predominantly from the Neanderthals: the Suerrat, Ziadd, and Kargol. There's also a hominid (ancestry not explicitly described) in one of the Deepnight Revelation campaign.

Maybe some of the other already canonical species can be retconned to being derived from Denisovans.

 

[Spinward Scout]

Ok, have spent a bunch of time pondering/studying the Paleolithic Genus Homo in the past couple of years.

The thought occurs, that the spread of "Humaniti" by the ancients wasn't specifically Homo Sapiens but various closely related species.

In that looking at the genetic history of Homo Sapiens there are indications of hybredisation. Couple that with the generally accepted theory that species that share a common ancestor within the 2,000,000 years are inter-fertile.

Just some food for thought.

Wouldn't that make each more of a sub-species than a separate species?

 

[RossWinn]

All interesting ideas, but what aside from rumination does this provide to the setting?

 

[Talifon]

All interesting ideas, but what aside from rumination does this provide to the setting?

It adds to deepening the portrayal of a multi-ethnic humaniti in the Third Imperium (and beyond).

If the campaign focuses on the exploration of Ancients' seeding of humans across charted space it adds a level of detail, and perhaps even some wonder when we take in account that 300,000 years ago, multiple human species simultaneously inhabited the Earth. Perhaps there were competing experiments by different members of the Ancients.