Ratlings are tiny, hairy-footed abhumans who serve as snipers in the Imperial Guard, a role in which they excel. Ratlings also serve as cooks, a skill they no doubt learned in order to feed their own stomachs, and also tend towards kleptomania. Ratlings are the 40K equivalent of halflings / hobbits. ...

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Abhuman, Abhuman - Beastmen Homo Sapiens Variatus, Abhuman - Ogryns Homo Sapiens Giganticus, Abhuman - Ratlings Homo Sapiens Rotundus, Abhuman - Squats Homo Sapiens Minimus

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Abhuman, Abhuman - Beastmen Homo Sapiens Variatus, Abhuman - Ogryns Homo Sapiens Giganticus, Abhuman - Ratlings Homo Sapiens Rotundus, Abhuman - Squats Homo Sapiens Minimus

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The dim-witted race of Ogryns evolved on high-gravity, low-temperature prison planets. They are huge and stupid, but extremely loyal once introduced to the Imperial Cult. Ogryns are used as shock troops, wielding heavy automatic shotguns called ripper guns, weapons simple enough for them to operate, although some feral specimens cannot fathom even them. Ogryns tend to be claustrophobic and thus are difficult to transport. They are typically led by "BONEheads," who have undergone a procedure known as Biochemical Ogryn Neural Enhancement (hence the ...

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Abhuman, Abhuman - Beastmen Homo Sapiens Variatus, Abhuman - Ogryns Homo Sapiens Giganticus, Abhuman - Ratlings Homo Sapiens Rotundus, Abhuman - Squats Homo Sapiens Minimus

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Human evolution is the process of change and development, or evolution, by which human beings emerged as a distinct species. It is the subject of a broad scientific inquiry that seeks to understand and describe how this change and development occurred. The study of human evolution encompasses many scientific disciplines, most notably physical anthropology and genetics. The term 'human', in the context of human evolution, refers to the genus Homo, but studies of human evolution usually include other hominids, such as the austral ...

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• Human evolution - History of paleoanthropology
• Human evolution - Before Homo
• Human evolution - The Homo genus
• Human evolution - Homo habilis
• Human evolution - Homo erectus
• Human evolution - Homo ergaster
• Human evolution - Homo heidelbergensis
• Human evolution - Homo sapiens idaltu
• Human evolution - Homo floresiensis
• Human evolution - Homo neanderthalensis
• Human evolution - Homo sapiens
• Human evolution - Additional notes

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In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a grouping in the classification of living organisms having one or more related and morphologically similar species. In the common binomial nomenclature, the name of an organism is composed of two parts: its genus (always capitalized) and a species modifier. An example is Homo sapiens, the name for the human species which belongs to the genus Homo. See scientific cla ...

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Zhoukoudian or Choukoutien (周口店) is a cave system near Beijing in China. It has yielded many archaeological discoveries, including one of the first specimens of homo erectus, dubbed Peking Man. Fissures in the limestone containing middle Pleistocene deposits have yielded the remains of about 40 individuals as well as animal remains and stone flake and chopping tools. The oldest are some 500,000 years old, contemporary with the Mindel or Anglian glaciation. During the Upper Palaeolithic, the site was re-occupied and remains of homo sapiens and its stone and bone t ...

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The Cro-Magnons form the earliest known European examples of Homo sapiens, the species to which modern humans belong. The term falls outside the usual naming conventions for early man and is used in a general sense to describe the oldest modern people in Europe. The oldest H. sapiens (i.e. anatomically modern humans) first emerged in Africa around 100,000 years ago. Cro-Magnons lived from about 35,000 to 10,000 years ago in the Upper Paleolithic period of the Pleistocene epoch. For all intents and purposes ...

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• Cro-Magnon man - External link

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The Upper Paleolithic (or Upper Palaeolithic) is the third and last subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age as it is understood in Europe, Africa and Asia. Very broadly it dates to between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago. Modern humans (i.e. Homo sapiens sapiens), emerged around 100,000 years ago and began migrating out of Africa during the Middle Paleolithic period. Until around 40,000 years ago, the lifestyle of the humans changed little from that of their predecessors. But then, relatively suddenly, they be ...

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• Upper Paleolithic - Events

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A written language is the representation of a language by means of a writing system. Written language is an invention, whereas spoken language has evolved along with homo sapiens. Children will instinctively learn or create spoken (or gestural) languages. However, written language must be taught. Written language always appears as a complement to a specific natural language (English, French, American Sign Language, etc.) and no purely written languages (with the exception of computer languages, which are not natural la ...

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A caveman is a popular stylized characterization of what early humans or hominids may have looked and behaved like. The term is sometimes used colloquially to refer to Neanderthals or to Homo sapiens of the Palaeolithic era, although popular descriptions of cavemen are usually highly inaccurate. The term has been discouraged recently for its inaccuracy, as it mostly refers to modern misconceptions of early man. In the past, many people shared the view of the 17th century philosopher Thomas Hobbes that the life of early man (the state of nature) was " ...

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In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. As the word "binomial" suggests, the scientific name of a species is formed by the combination of two terms: the genus name and the species descriptor. Although the fine detail will differ, there are certain aspects which are universally adopted: Scientific names are usually printed in italics, such as Homo sapiens. When handwritten they should be underlined. The first term (genus name / generic name) is always capitali ...

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• Binomial nomenclature - History
• Binomial nomenclature - Value of binomial nomenclature
• Binomial nomenclature - Nomenclature Codes
• Binomial nomenclature - Derivation of names
• Binomial nomenclature - Binomenal nomenclature

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In biology, a species is the basic unit of biodiversity. In scientific classification, a species is assigned a two-part name in Latin. The genus is listed first (and capitalized), followed by a specific epithet. For example, humans belong to the genus Homo, and are in the species Homo sapiens. The name of the species is the whole binomial not just the second term (the specific epithet). The binomial, and most other purely formal aspects of the biological codes of nomenclature, were formalized by Carolus Linnaeus in the 1 ...

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• Species - Definitions of species
• Species - Importance in biological classification
• Species - Implications of assignment of species status
• Species - The isolation species concept in more detail
• Species - The isolation question
• Species - The difference question
• Species - Historical development of the species concept

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Humans or human beings define themselves in biological, social, and spiritual terms. Biologically, humans are classified as the mammalian species Homo sapiens (Latin for "wise man" or "thinking man"): a bipedal primate of the superfamily Hominoidea, together with the other apes: chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, and gibbons. Humans have an erect body carriage that frees their upper limbs for manipulating objects and a highly developed brain capable of abstract reasoning, speech, language, and ...

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• Human - Terminology
• Human - Biology
• Human - Anatomy and physiology
• Human - Life cycle
• Human - Genetics
• Human - Race and ethnicity
• Human - Habitat
• Human - Population
• Human - Human evolution
• Human - Intelligence
• Human - Culture
• Human - Origins
• Human - Language
• Human - Music
• Human - Emotion and sexuality
• Human - Body image
• Human - Trade and economics
• Human - Artifacts technology and science
• Human - Mind
• Human - Psychology and human ethology
• Human - Philosophy
• Human - Motivation
• Human - Self-reflection and humanism
• Human - Spirit

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Homo erectus, a species which evolved about 1.5 million years ago, had a brain 75% the size of modern human brains. Homo erectus used a sophisticated range of stone tools, mastered the use of fire and used domesticated animals. He was the first hominid species to migrate from the east African hominid homelands. His remains have been found as far away as China ("Peking man") and Indonesia ("Java man"). Based on the study of the bone structures of homo erectus, however, it is no ...

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Hominid intelligence, Hominid intelligence - Evolutionary perspective, Hominid intelligence - Development of the brain, Hominid intelligence - Homo erectus homo sapiens and Neanderthal man, Hominid intelligence - Human culture and civilization, Hominid intelligence - Discussion

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Homo erectus remains one of the most successful and long-lived species of the Homo genus and unsurprisingly gave rise to a number of descendants and subspecies. Homo erectus |-> Homo erectus soloensis |-> Homo erectus palaeojavanicus |-> Homo floresiensis \-> Homo antecessor | |-> Homo heidelbergensis | \-> Homo neanderthalensis \-> Homo sapiens | |-> Homo rhodesiensis | \-> Homo cepranens ...

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Homo erectus, Homo erectus - Description, Homo erectus - Tool use and general abilities, Homo erectus - Classification, Homo erectus - Descendants and subspecies, Homo erectus - Individual fossils

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In modern taxonomy, Homo sapiens is the only extant species of its genus, Homo. Likewise, the ongoing study of the origins of Homo sapiens often demonstrates that there were other Homo species, all of which are now extinct. While some of these other species might have been ancestors of H. sapiens, many were likely our 'cousins', having speciated away from our ancestral line. There is not yet a consensus as to which of these groups should count as separate species and which as subspecies of another species. ...

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Human evolution, Human evolution - History of paleoanthropology, Human evolution - Before Homo, Human evolution - The Homo genus, Human evolution - Homo habilis, Human evolution - Homo erectus, Human evolution - Homo ergaster, Human evolution - Homo heidelbergensis, Human evolution - Homo sapiens idaltu, Human evolution - Homo floresiensis, Human evolution - Homo neanderthalensis, Human evolution - Homo sapiens, Human evolution - Notable human evolution researchers, Human evolution - Additional notes

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In modern taxonomy, Homo sapiens is the only extant species of its genus, Homo. Likewise, the ongoing study of the origins of Homo sapiens often demonstrates that there were other Homo species, all of which are now extinct. While some of these other species might have been ancestors of H. sapiens, many were likely our 'cousins', having speciated away from our ancestral line. There is not yet a consensus as to which of these groups should count as separate species and which as subspecies of another species. ...

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Human evolution, Human evolution - History of paleoanthropology, Human evolution - Before Homo, Human evolution - The Homo genus, Human evolution - Homo habilis, Human evolution - Homo erectus, Human evolution - Homo ergaster, Human evolution - Homo heidelbergensis, Human evolution - Homo sapiens idaltu, Human evolution - Homo floresiensis, Human evolution - Homo neanderthalensis, Human evolution - Homo sapiens, Human evolution - Additional notes

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The validity of evolution and the origins of humanity have often been a subject of great political and religious controversy (see Creation-evolution controversy and Hybrid-origin). The classification of humans and their relatives has changed considerably over time (see History of hominoid taxonomy). Speculation about the future evolution of humans is often explored in science fiction as continued speciation of humans as they fill various ecologic ...

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Human evolution, Human evolution - History of paleoanthropology, Human evolution - Before Homo, Human evolution - The Homo genus, Human evolution - Homo habilis, Human evolution - Homo erectus, Human evolution - Homo ergaster, Human evolution - Homo heidelbergensis, Human evolution - Homo sapiens idaltu, Human evolution - Homo floresiensis, Human evolution - Homo neanderthalensis, Human evolution - Homo sapiens, Human evolution - Notable human evolution researchers, Human evolution - Additional notes

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The origins of humanity have often been a subject of great political and religious controversy (see Creation-evolution controversy and Hybrid-origin) The classification of humans and their relatives has changed considerably over time (see History of hominoid taxonomy). Speculation about the future evolution of humans is often explored in science fiction as continued speciation of humans as they fill various ecologic ...

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Human evolution, Human evolution - History of paleoanthropology, Human evolution - Before Homo, Human evolution - The Homo genus, Human evolution - Homo habilis, Human evolution - Homo erectus, Human evolution - Homo ergaster, Human evolution - Homo heidelbergensis, Human evolution - Homo sapiens idaltu, Human evolution - Homo floresiensis, Human evolution - Homo neanderthalensis, Human evolution - Homo sapiens, Human evolution - Additional notes

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The modern field of paleoanthropology began with the discovery of 'Neanderthal man'; and evidence of other 'cave men' in the 19th century. The idea that humans are similar to certain great apes had been obvious to people for some time, but the idea of the biological evolution of species in general was not legitimized until after Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species in 1859. Though Darwin's first book on evolution did not address the specific question of human evolution— "light will be thrown on the origin of man and his ...

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Human evolution, Human evolution - History of paleoanthropology, Human evolution - Before Homo, Human evolution - The Homo genus, Human evolution - Homo habilis, Human evolution - Homo erectus, Human evolution - Homo ergaster, Human evolution - Homo heidelbergensis, Human evolution - Homo sapiens idaltu, Human evolution - Homo floresiensis, Human evolution - Homo neanderthalensis, Human evolution - Homo sapiens, Human evolution - Notable human evolution researchers, Human evolution - Additional notes

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