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{{Main|Erde-Tyrene civilization}} | {{Main|Erde-Tyrene civilization}} | ||
[[File:ObservingArtifact.png|thumb | [[File:ObservingArtifact.png|thumb|250px|After their once highly advanced civilization had been shattered by the Forerunners, most humans lived within [[Wikipedia:Hunter-gatherer|hunter-gatherer]] communities. The humans seen here are observing [[Portal at Voi|the portal]] to the Ark.]] | ||
Forced to start again, the collective human genus tried in vain to reattain their former glory. Some human communities, such as the civilization built around Erde-Tyrene's largest city, [[Marontik]], established wooden cities and steam-powered waterborne vessels nearly nine thousand years later.{{Ref/Reuse|c25}}<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 86''</ref> Most humans, however, lived in [[Technological Achievement Tiers|Tier 7]] tribal communities, such as the one that was encountered by the Forerunners during the construction of [[Portal at Voi|the portal]] to [[Installation 00|the Ark]] in eastern [[Africa]].<ref>'''[[Halo 3: The Cradle of Life]]'''</ref> | Forced to start again, the collective human genus tried in vain to reattain their former glory. Some human communities, such as the civilization built around Erde-Tyrene's largest city, [[Marontik]], established wooden cities and steam-powered waterborne vessels nearly nine thousand years later.{{Ref/Reuse|c25}}<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 86''</ref> Most humans, however, lived in [[Technological Achievement Tiers|Tier 7]] tribal communities, such as the one that was encountered by the Forerunners during the construction of [[Portal at Voi|the portal]] to [[Installation 00|the Ark]] in eastern [[Africa]].<ref>'''[[Halo 3: The Cradle of Life]]'''</ref> | ||
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==Physiology== | ==Physiology== | ||
[[File:H4-Terminal-Prehistoric human BridgeOfficer1.jpg|thumb | [[File:H4-Terminal-Prehistoric human BridgeOfficer1.jpg|thumb|250px|This prehistoric human possessed a facial composition identical to that of a modern human.]] | ||
While ancient humans exhibited a range of morphological variation,<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 129''</ref> the ethnic group represented by [[Forthencho]] and his [[bridge]] crew were remarkably similar in appearance to modern ''Homo sapiens''. They possessed straight to wavy hair textures, thin to full lips, and an overall largely similar facial composition to their modern counterparts. They all had black or dark brown skin.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 236''</ref> Like modern humans, ancient humans had a range of different body types; for example, Forthencho was tall and muscular while [[Yprin Yprikushma]] had a short and stocky build.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 307''</ref> After meeting [[Chakas]], a ''Homo sapien'', the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] was displeased and noted that he was too much like the humans who had murdered his children and nearly destroyed his fleets while he was more pleased with the appearance of [[Riser]], a [[Florian]] and a different type of human.<ref>'''[[Halo: Cryptum]]''', ''page 82''</ref> | While ancient humans exhibited a range of morphological variation,<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 129''</ref> the ethnic group represented by [[Forthencho]] and his [[bridge]] crew were remarkably similar in appearance to modern ''Homo sapiens''. They possessed straight to wavy hair textures, thin to full lips, and an overall largely similar facial composition to their modern counterparts. They all had black or dark brown skin.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 236''</ref> Like modern humans, ancient humans had a range of different body types; for example, Forthencho was tall and muscular while [[Yprin Yprikushma]] had a short and stocky build.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 307''</ref> After meeting [[Chakas]], a ''Homo sapien'', the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] was displeased and noted that he was too much like the humans who had murdered his children and nearly destroyed his fleets while he was more pleased with the appearance of [[Riser]], a [[Florian]] and a different type of human.<ref>'''[[Halo: Cryptum]]''', ''page 82''</ref> | ||
