Human (Species)

**Name:**

Omniaudire species name: Humanity or Mankind. *(Used to describe the species as a whole)*

Single form: Human *(Descriptive form. "That individual is a Human".)*

Plural form: Humans. (*Descriptive form. "Those Humans over there...")*

Noun form: Human *(Context: Human Starships, or [being under] Human control)*

Primary Speeches: Omniaudire

Secondary Speeches: English, Mandarin, Hindi, Spanish, Arabic.

The origins of the term Human are found in ancient religious texts of the earliest proto-civilizations, where it has meanings like "Of the Earth", "Earthling", or "Mortal". These definitions showed how early Humans believed they were created from the earth by Deities. In later times, the species also received the title of Homo Sapiens. This was to classify the species within a wider evolutionary gene tree.

## **Physical Attributes:**

**General Description:**

Humans are a bipedal mammalian species originating from the planet Earth. It is widely accepted that the species evolved from ape-like creatures hundreds of thousands years ago. Humans can have wildly different sizes. Most humans range between 150cm and 200cm, although extremes can push far over these limits.

Humans have 2 arms, each ending in a hand with 5 fingers. Humans also have 2 legs ending in feet with 5 toes each as well. While rare, some humans are born with slight variations on this pattern, such as missing a finger or toe, or even missing an entire hand.

Human skin can have a multitude of colors. The most common colors are brown-pinkish, light brown, or dark brown.

humans skin is dominantly hairless, although the head usually features hair, and various other local patches of hair are scattered around the body.

**Unique Abilities:**

Humans have a potent drive for expansion and exploration. Humans are seldom satisfied for long periods on end.

## **Economy:**

*Do these people practice hunting or gathering? Is this*
their main source of *food or is*
it done seasonally or secondary?

**Industries:**

*What kind* of industries exist among these people? Are they
created for home or foreign markets?

**Natural Resources:**

*What other natural resources do these people harvest*
and use? How important *are these? Are they harvested to be traded or for personal use?*

**Trade:**

*What goods do these people trade? Internal trade?*
External trade? How *important*
is this to the country's economy? Is there a type of merchant class?

**Currency:**

*What is used as currency among these people? How*
available is this *currency?*

## **Political Structure:**

**General Description:**

*What sort of political structures do these people use?*
How entrenched are *these*
structures in the everyday lives of common people? Who controls these
structures?

**Political History:**

*How has history helped shape the political landscape*
of these people?

**Political Leadership:**

*Who runs the governments of these people? Priests,*
warlords, landowners,
bureaucrats, elected officials? How are these people chosen for leadership? How
do these leaders justify their continue rule?

**Political Power:**

*How powerful and centralized are these people's*
governments? Through what *means do these governments exist and impact the lives of everyday people?*

**Political Structures:**

*What kind of structures exist in these governments?*
Does power lay at the *top of a*
hierarchy or do those on the ground wield the real power?

**Religion in Politics:**

*What role does religion play in the governments of*
these people? Do priests *hold more power than secular entities? Do they hold speciale*
responsibilities or positions?

## **Views on other Cultures:**

**Subcultures:**

*What kind of sub or non mainstream cultures exist*
among these people? How *are they seen by the mainstream culture? What kind of interactions are*
allowed with this subculture?

**Minorities:**

*What kind of minorities exist within these people’s*
society? How are they *preserved?*
Are they treated as equals or as second class citizens? What kind of
interactions are allowed with these people?

**Foreign Cultures:**

*How are foreign cultures seen by these people? In what*
way do these people *interact*
with foreigners? What kind of relationships are acceptable with foreigners?

## **Cultural Appearance:**

**Adornment:**

*What adornments do these people wear? Are they for*
special events or casual *wear?*

**Tattoos/Scarification:**

*Do these people permanently alter their skin in any*
way? Do they get *tattoos? Do*
they scare or brand themselves? Do these hold ritual significance? Do these
marks hold certain meanings?

**Makeup:**

*What Kind of makeup do these people use?*

**Clothing:**

*What sort of clothing do these people wear?*

**Hair:**

*What do these people’s hair look like naturally? How*
do they style it? What *is done with facial hair? What is different for men and women? Children,*
adults, and elders?

**Attraction:**

*What is considered beautiful by these people? What are*
the standards for *men and*
women?

*What is considered ugly? What is the difference*
between cute/handsome and *hot/sexy?*

## **Culture:**

**Architecture:**

*What styles of architecture is common among these*
people? What difference *is there between informal commoner buildings and more large scale*
projects? Are these built to last or not?

**Art:**

*What sort of art do these people create?*

**Artifacts:**

*What sort of physical artifacts do these people*
create? What kind of items *are decorate and which one’s are left plane?*

**Symbolism:**

*What sort of symbols hold significance to these*
people?

**Literature/stories:**

*What sort of writing do these people create? Do they*
follow standard genres *or archetypes?*

**Music:**

*What sort of music do these people make? What kind of instruments?*

**Food:**

*What sort of food do these people create?*

**Calendar/Time Keeping:**

*How do these people record the passage of time?*

## **Societal Structure/Views:**

**Naming System:**

*What is the structure of a person's names? When and by*
whom are these *given?*

**Education:**

*What forms of education exist for these people? What*
groups receive what *kind of*
education?

**Inharitance:**

*How is inheritance handled when someone dies? How does*
different classes *handle*
inheritance?

**Class/Caste:**

*Are these people separated by class or caste? Are*
these separations hard or *soft? How do these different groups interact, if at all?*

**Destitutes:**

*Who are the destitute and down trout within this*
society? How are they *seen? Are*
they helped or left on their own?

**Charity:**

*Who do the down trout in this society turn to in times*
of need? Does *support*
remain within a community? What kind of help is available? How much?

**Gender Structures/Roles:**

*What sort of gender specific roles exist among these*
people? What is *expected of*
men that is not expected of women? Vice versa?

**Sexual Identity:**

*What kind of sexual identity exists among these*
people? Is heterosexual *relationships the only acceptable type of sexuality? What non traditional*
types of sexuality are allowed? How are non straight people viewed?

**Personal Identity:**

*What aspects of a person are most important to their*
personal identity? Is *it their*
family, clan, state, profession, religion, ext?

**Courtesy/Manners:**

*What is considered courteous or proper by these*
people? How does one treat *a stranger? Family? Freind?*

**Modesty:**

*What is considered modest by these people? How*
important is modesty? What *is modest for different classes and genders?*

**Laws/Legal Code:**

*What sort of laws and social rules exist among these people?*
Are these *formal or*
informal? Enforced by a central authority or a traditional social order?

**Punishment:**

*What kind of punishments do these people believe in?*
What punishments are *given in*
response to what crimes?

**Drugs:**

*What kind of drug use is acceptable or encouraged by*
these people? Under *what*
circumstances are these drugs acceptable to use? Which drugs are not allowed?

**Language:**

*What do these people’s language sound like? What*
relation does it have to *other languages?*

## **Life History:**

**Family:**

*What do family structures look like among these*
people? How long do they *last? At what point in their life do they form? Who are allowed to create*
a family?

**Marriage/Courtship:**

*What sort of marriage and courtships do these people*
practice? Who *initiates?*
What steps are taken in order to get married? At what point in their lives do
they get married? Who is allowed to marry whom?

**Blood Mixing:**

*To what extent do these people intermingle with other*
cultures or races? *What about*
different classes or castes?

**Pregnancy:**

*How is pregnancy seen by these people? What is*
biologically different/unique? *What things must pregnant women do differently? What*
are they not allowed to do?

**Birth:**

*How is birth seen? Who is involved in the process?*
What is seen as having *an influence on birth?*

**Guardians:**

*Are their non-parental figures who guard over*
children? Are they a blood *relative? What obligations does the guardian have to the child? Visa*
versa?

**Children:**

*What role do children play in society? Who raises them?*
What is expected of *them?*

**Adulthood:**

*When is a child considered an adult? Is it a specific*
ritual or event? Does *it require*
the taking of responsibility? Can a ‘child’ be considered an adult under unique
circumstances?

**Elders:**

*How are elders treated by these people? What roles do*
they fill? What is *expected of*
them?

**Death and Burial Practices:**

*How are the dead treated by these people? Are they*
buried? Cremated? How *are they*
prepared for these rights?

## **Cultural Events:**

**Sports/Recreation:**

*What sort of sports or other recreations do these*
people do? Is there a *difference*
between professional and casual sports? Who plays what sports?

**Festivals/celebrations:**

*What sort of celebrations and festivals do these*
people have? Are they *centered*
around the time of year? Certain events?

**Rites of Passage:**

*What rituals and ceremonies do people go through as*
parts of their lives? A *passage to adulthood? Absolution for past actions? Marriage?*

## **Demographics:**

**Towns/Villages/Cities:**

*What kind of villages, towns, and cities do these*
people have? How large *are they? Who controls these population centers?*

**Urban vs Rural:**

*How urban or rural is this society? What are the*
cultural and economic *differences*
between the two? Where does the society’s power truly lie?

**Migration/Population Movement:**

*How, and for what reasons, do these people move*
around? Are these short *range or over long distances? Do they return to a set ‘home’ or is home*
always moving? Do the young move or does everyone? Do most people die where
they are born or elsewhere?

**Exploration:**

*Do these people explore new territory? How do they*
view exploration? What *tools do they have at their disposal?*

**Colonization:**

*How do these people colonize new territories? How*
connected are these *colonies to*
their homeland? What happens to the natives of these colonies?

## **Conflict:**

**Military:**

*What sort of military do these people have? Is it made*
of professionals or *irregulars?*
How is gender or class important within these people’s military?

**Weaponry/Armor:**

*What kind of weapons and armor do these people use?*
Are they of the *people’s*
own design or taken from another people? What level of quality are these
weapons? Do they export or import weapons/armor?

**War/Conquest:**

*Do these people wage war? How do they view war? How*
are conquered people *treated?*
How expansionary are they?

**Resistance/Dissent:**

*What kind of dissent and resistance do these people*
practice? What groups *are these*
targeted at?

**Raiding:**

*Do these* people raid? Is it acceptable to do so? Who is doing
the raiding and who is being raided?

**Slavery:**

*Is slavery allowed by these people? Who can be*
enslaved? Are children of *slaves born free? What rights do slaves have? How can slaves be made free?*

**Abandonment:**

*When do these people abandon their home? When*
everything they have is *destroyed do they rebuild or move on?*

**Natural Disasters:**

*What kind of natural disasters do these people deal*
with? How do they *respond?*
From where do they believe these disasters come from?

**Diseases:**

*What kind of disease do these people deal with? What*
is seen as the source? *How do they deal with them?*