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:It should be noted, however, that there's been a bit of a back-and-forth on part of 343i and Greg Bear on whether the ancient humans were one species. The Waypoint article seems to suggest they were, and there's a single mention in ''Cryptum'' that the humans were "shattered into many forms" after their defeat, but then we also have references throughout the Forerunner Saga that at least some of the different human species existed before the "devolution" imposed by the Forerunners (the Didact asked the [[Florian]]s to be preserved after the war, though it's also noted that they didn't serve in the ancient humans' fleets—while humanity as a whole may have been more varied, it seems that the bulk of the military was made up of the ''übermenschen'' described in the Waypoint article and depicted in the ''Halo 4'' terminals). Regardless, a far bit of internal ethnic variation seems likely, given how the humans are stated to have formed separate populations on numerous worlds over hundreds of thousands of years. --[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 10:12, 25 January 2015 (EST) | :It should be noted, however, that there's been a bit of a back-and-forth on part of 343i and Greg Bear on whether the ancient humans were one species. The Waypoint article seems to suggest they were, and there's a single mention in ''Cryptum'' that the humans were "shattered into many forms" after their defeat, but then we also have references throughout the Forerunner Saga that at least some of the different human species existed before the "devolution" imposed by the Forerunners (the Didact asked the [[Florian]]s to be preserved after the war, though it's also noted that they didn't serve in the ancient humans' fleets—while humanity as a whole may have been more varied, it seems that the bulk of the military was made up of the ''übermenschen'' described in the Waypoint article and depicted in the ''Halo 4'' terminals). Regardless, a far bit of internal ethnic variation seems likely, given how the humans are stated to have formed separate populations on numerous worlds over hundreds of thousands of years. --[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 10:12, 25 January 2015 (EST) | ||
::Thankie thankie for the answer. I really appreciate it. [[User:Noddy|Noddy]] ([[User talk:Noddy|talk]]) 17:34, 25 January 2015 (EST) | ::Thankie thankie for the answer. I really appreciate it. [[User:Noddy|Noddy]] ([[User talk:Noddy|talk]]) 17:34, 25 January 2015 (EST) | ||
==Human skin tones== | |||
It states in the article that some human kin tones were gray or dark green. They don't look those colors to me but to be fair it's hard to tell in the terminal with the lighting on the ship bridge. Is that proven that these skin tones are accurate? | |||
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