Alien Carving

The Alien Carving is a relic composed of an unknown natural fiber and is hundreds of thousands of years old. The shape greatly resembles the yin-yang symbol of Earth and it is found in the Primary Containment Facility. It is thought that this may have been due to the Precursor Race themselves having influenced ancient Chinese philosophy, or perhaps that the yin-yang has been independently invented by multiple species. 
Given that the Precursors are known to have visited Earth and taken the Ancient Earth Blade, as well as multiple ancient Earth languages being stored on the Translation Device, the former theory is the most likely.
Alien Carving
This carving is hundreds of thousands of years old, and made from an unrecognized natural fiber, grown on an unknown planet. It bears striking resemblance to the old earth yin-yang symbol. Two competing theories may explain this similarity:
1. Aliens visited earth prior to the 4th century BC and influenced the development of ancient Chinese philosophy.
2. The concept of yin and yang is universal. Since yin and yang describes the fundamental interdependency of seemingly opposite forces, it may be a necessary existential understanding, in some form, in all sufficiently developed civilizations. The tapering of two circles (union) into opposed and infinitesimally small points (the finite) is one logical way to represent this understanding, and may have been developed independently by species other than humans.
==Gallery==
R5.jpg|The fifth Relic, a Yin-Yang symbol
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