Human

Humanity are a common people in known space, originating from Earth in the Sol system. They are notable for adaptability, hardiness and and a tendency to be obsessed with creating or finding an identity. While human government is not a notable presence in the galactic stage, human spacers have spread far and wide and possess a good reputation in nearly all parts of space.

Physical Description

Humans are upright hominids with sparse body hair with notable growth on their heads, the groins and underarms, and on the faces of males. Humans have distinct primary and secondary sexual characteristics that divide their males and females. They are plantigrade, have five toes on their feet, and five fingers on their hands. Their bodies bias towards symmetry. Humans are notable for good eyesight and a highly developed olfactory sense and come in a number of skintones. In the modern era. Humans are particularly notable for taking advantage of their exposed skin for bodily decorations and dyes.

Heritages

Unlike Feni, modern humans are descended from the single species Homo Sapiens Sapiens with small admixtures from now-extinct close relatives. This single species has split somewhat ever since attaining FTL capability, and now includes:

• Terran The most common and the terrestrially evolved state of humanity.
• Voidborn Due to the rapid expansion humanity underwent, a vast number of humans have spent generations away from gravity's pull, leading to a morphology of fragile-boned, long, lanky humans with large eyes, with more dexterous feet and water-retaining skin. While not universal, a common variation in the population are returned tails from their former rare vestigial form and more developed sinuses for easier navigation in the scent-rich environments that often lack strong light sources.
• Transhuman While any species can be splicers, humans are particularly common to have entire populations heavily spliced and altered to fit environments, in humanity these are known as transhumans. Some of these are in the pursuit of identity, some are adaptations to highly diverse environments. In some cases, these human can resemble other species, in others, they seem so morphic it is hard to qualify them in relation to known life. Humans pursuit of individual identity has led to a remarkable diversity in the broad transhuman population.

History

Humanity evolved and out competed all rival species on their homeworld. Much of their history is marked by internal warfare and destruction, threatening their species continued survival at multiple points.