Humans

The average human. After millennia of genetic mixing, all racial traits of the ancient nations of Earth have disappeared.

## Astronomical Information

### Population

>1 quintillion

Humans are a bipedal carbon-based life form hailing from the planet Earth, in the Sol System. They have created the nation the Confederacy of Humankind, which has grown to cover most of the Milky Way Galaxy, and bits of the Andromeda Galaxy and Triangulum Galaxy. They are a major species, with many sub-variants from many planets.

## History

Humans are a warlike species, having many wars in their past. It was almost impossible for them to unite, but they managed to create the CoH, despite themselves. They also WERE xenophobes, being scared of things that aren't themselves. They didn't recognise this, until they discovered the Simlunsa and the Oblikorus. Those species look nothing like humans, and the population was quite scared of them after First Contact. They remedied this, through intense social cleansing, and now they welcome other species, and are incredibly xenophilic.

## Society

Currently, human society is flexible. They have many nations and empires that they belong to, and in each, the society changes. The Confederacy's society is pleasant, democratic, and capitalist. There are some factions, though, that support different ethics. Humans of different genders often live together, and very often 'marry' each other, symbolising that they 'love' each other and will never part with them. Often, though, they do 'divorce' and then find other mates to 'marry' again. Human society is weird and confusing to another species.

## Appearance

Humans are generally around 1.65 metres high, (Terrans being measured), have beige skin (as a result of averaging out the skin colours of the ancient humans; they once had many different factions, some with darker skin, some with lighter skin, and some with in between), and come in two different sub-species, called genders. Both genders have the same average anatomy, with some differences based on reproduction and evolution. They often wear clothes, as a vestige of modesty. Above, when describing marriage and relationships, clothes play a pivotal role. They have hair on their head, armpits, and genitals, and if male, on arms, legs and chest. These hairs are vestiges from their evolutionary heritage. They are bipedal, having two legs to move around on, and two arms with five fingers at the end of each arm to interact with their environment.

## Biology

### Life Cycle

Humans are born from the female human, around 9 months after reproduction. They are very small, dumb and scream a lot. Around two year after birth, they enter the toddler ages, from 2 to 5 years old. They are very curious and interested in everything during this time. They then become children, caring only for themselves and have a short attention span. They learn a lot during this time. Around 12 to 14 years of age, human children, both male and female, enter the teenage years, with their bodies changing like a butterfly in its metamorphosis, except not as dramatically. A lot of chemicals are pumped into their blood and glands, and they usually become a lot more short-tempered and independent. After this, around 18 years old, they become adults, and they are anatomically ready for reproduction, though almost 99.9% don't immediately. It is at this time that they usually end their compulsory education, but most go onto the fourth level of education, university. It is at here, that they gain jobs. No more dramatic changes happen until they enter their senior years, where humans age, and their bodies start to show signs of wear and tear.

### Reproduction

Humans reproduce sexually, one of the only few species in the universe to do so. Both genders have a specific organ, which when together merge the DNA of the two owners of said organs, and fertilise a embryo inside of the female of the species. it grows like a parasite inside of the female, until after around nine months it is ready to be born. A series of muscles inside of the female push the now-grown embryo towards the opening out of the female, which happens to be the female reproductive organ. Eventually, the baby is pushed from the body, and is born.

### Death (before advanced medicine)

The last person to die of natural causes was over 47 thousand years ago. No human dies of natural causes in the present day, and this seems to make the idea of death even more horrific to humans. From the few records we have of death by natural causes, it is usually caused by organ failure, from being used too much.

## Sub-Species

* Martians
* Terrans
* Mercurians
* Belters
* Jovians
* Neptunians
* Kuipers
* Stellars
* No-Planeters