Race Anthropogenity

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The anthropogenity of a race, also its humanoidness, is a factor determining whether a certain intelligent race is to be classified as humanoid or non-humanoid. Anthropogenity is calculated based on the comparison of a certain race with the "standard race" of Pataliputrians.
== Scalar values ==
The humanoid scale consists of ten divisions. Indicators equal to and below division 5 determine a major difference between the subject race and the standard one and possibly indicate non-humanoidness, while indicators above always positively define a race as humanoid.
* 0 - The race is unexplorable by general methods/refuses research (NH);
* 1-2 - The race absolutely does not meet the standard and is not humanoid (NH);
* 3-4 - There are major differences, but there is a bipedal structure of the skeleton (NH);
* 5 - There are major differences in appearance, but the internal anatomy meets the standard (H);
* 6-7 - Internal anatomy and appearance meet the standard of 75% similarity, but there are visible differences in general (H);
* 8-9 - Race is difficult to distinguish from standards, except for physical and other trivial characteristics (H);
* 10 - The race is completely similar to the established standard (H).
== Social problematics ==
According to the first researchers, the scale is used by the population of the Pataliputra planet and its colonies merely to study intelligent beings in the Milky Way and compare their body structures with the Pataliputrians in order to find out where the first man in the Galaxy came from.
Nevertheless, there is a form of active discrimination against representatives of non-humanoid races in society, because the number of socially-integrated humanoid races at the moment greatly surpasses the non-humanoid ones. Some forms of segregation operate according to the established norms related to the scale (equating humanoid races with anthropogenity below 7 points on the scale to non-humanoid races and subsequent incorrect usage of the scale and discrimination).
Politically, the scientific explanation of the scale's usage has been recognised as its universal purpose, and any manifestations of the contrary are prosecuted by law.
== Trivia ==
• The words 'human' and 'humanoid' are synonymous in most Galactic languages (including Cosmolingua).
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