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K'tam''anune'' were husky and either ocher or brown-skinned.{{Ref/Reuse|HC1}} They resided in [[Erde-Tyrene]]'s northern latitudes in the days which preceded the [[Great Purification|firing]] of the [[Halo Array|Halo rings]] in [[97,445 BCE]].{{Ref/Reuse|HC1}}<ref name="CF9">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-array-with-words '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Array With Words'']</ref> There they wandered and skirted massive grinding sheets of ice.{{Ref/Reuse|HC1}} These dwellers in glacial shadows wrapped themselves in harsh woven fiber and fur. Some humans in their day chose to build crude cities, as if struggling to require past greatness—but failed miserably.{{Ref/Reuse|HC1}} When humans imprinted with the [[Librarian]]'s ''[[geas]]'' were gathered for [[Conservation Measure|evacuation]] just before the Halos' were activated, some of those living across a thick northern cloak of glaciers on Erde-Tyrene were among them.<ref name="HS2">''[[Halo: Silentium]]'', ''String 2''</ref>

K'ta''manune'' have only been mentioned once, within the first book of ''[[The Forerunner Saga]]'', ''[[Halo: Cryptum]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|HC1}} It may be possible to identify them as [[Wikipedia:Neanderthal|neanderthal]]s, who resided in northern [[Asia|Asian]] and [[Europe|European]] climes and are known to have been stronger than [[Human|anatomically modern human]]s.<ref name="EB">[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Neanderthal '''Encyclopedia Britannica''' - ''Neanderthal'']</ref> As such, k'ta''manune'' may also briefly appear in ''[[Halo: Primordium]]'', as [[Chakas]] describes four human females unlike any of the other varieties he'd encountered who possessed long heads, prominent but chinless jaws, and graceful, loping gaits.<ref name="HP18">''[[Halo: Primordium]]'', ''Chapter 18''</ref>