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'''Humans''' (Latin: ''Homo'', meaning "Man") are a genus of [[Sentience|sentient]] species native to [[Earth]] and part of the primate family. Fossil records date the last surviving species (''Homo sapiens'', Latin for "wise man") as having existed for about 200,000 years before the common era. Around [[150,000 BCE|150,000]]-[[110,000 BCE]], before the [[human-Forerunner | '''Humans''' (Latin: ''Homo'', meaning "Man") are a genus of [[Sentience|sentient]] species native to [[Earth]] and part of the primate family. Fossil records date the last surviving species (''Homo sapiens'', Latin for "wise man") as having existed for about 200,000 years before the common era. Around [[150,000 BCE|150,000]]-[[110,000 BCE]], before the [[human-Forerunner war]]s, humanity had achieved [[Technological Achievement Tiers|Tier 1 of technological achievement]], on par with the [[Forerunner]]s, although their catastrophic defeat by the Forerunners would see them reduced to a pre-industrial state as hunter-gatherer tribes, forced to achieve technological sophistication again.<ref name="cryptum">'''Halo: Cryptum'''</ref> By the mid-26th century, they would have been rated as a Tier 3 race, though it is possible they may have advanced to a higher Tier 2 after the [[Human-Covenant War]] by means of weapons research and development.<ref name="bestiarum">'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[Bestiarum]]''</ref> | ||
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