Humanoid

A humanoid was an organic or mechanical being similar in overall form to a Human, the most common sentient species in the galaxy. The term is less specific than Near-Human, which generally implies common biological ancestry with Humans.
== Biology and appearance ==
Classification of a being as humanoid was not standardised or strict. Generally, it entailed having a basic anatomy or construction similar to Humans, that is, a central torso with a head on top, two arms symmetrically arranged on either side, and two legs symmetrically arranged below, providing an upright bipedal stance. Each arm ended in hands that had a variable number of fingers (used for grasping and moving objects), and each leg in feet (used for locomotion). A living humanoid's head had two eyes for sight, a nose for breathing and smelling, and a mouth for nutrition and communication; a mechanical humanoid would not require respiration or nutrition, and would have two photoreceptors instead of eyes. Humanoid species generally had sparse hair, mainly concentrated on the head or face.
A species with slight variations and deviations from this general arrangement could still be classified as humanoid. Non-humanoid sentient species had distinctly nonhuman characteristics, such as tails, additional limbs (or even no limbs), wings, additional heads, or invertebrate characteristics.
== Notable humanoid species ==
* Human
* Aala'rak
* Sathron
* Anjo'nian
* Ethron
* Mortz
* Netromorph
* Raveum
* Zathuram
* Werethron
Category:Biology