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{{Quote|multi=more|Ur-Didact|q1=The [[human]]s' [[human-Forerunner wars|actions]] threatened the galaxy, yet we have treated them as the [[Mantle]] requires. Their punishment was just.|Librarian|q2=Justice is reducing their genetics in such short generations from a [[Prehistoric human civilization|space-faring race]] to... this?|Ur-Didact|q3=They are closer now to the animals they behaved as.|A conversation between the [[Ur-Didact]] and [[Librarian]]<ref>'''[[Halo 4]]''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 4|Terminals]]''</ref>}} | {{Quote|multi=more|Ur-Didact|q1=The [[human]]s' [[human-Forerunner wars|actions]] threatened the galaxy, yet we have treated them as the [[Mantle]] requires. Their punishment was just.|Librarian|q2=Justice is reducing their genetics in such short generations from a [[Prehistoric human civilization|space-faring race]] to... this?|Ur-Didact|q3=They are closer now to the animals they behaved as.|A conversation between the [[Ur-Didact]] and [[Librarian]]<ref>'''[[Halo 4]]''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 4|Terminals]]''</ref>}} | ||
Between approximately [[106,445 BCE]] and [[97,445 BCE]], a '''prehistoric civilization''' shared by various species and subspecies of [[human]] and related genera existed on [[Earth]], then known as Erde-Tyrene.<ref group="note">Although the narrative of ''The Forerunner Saga'' mainly concerns humans from [[Marontik]] and its immediate region, [[Riser]] mentions in ''[[ | Between approximately [[106,445 BCE]] and [[97,445 BCE]], a '''prehistoric civilization''' shared by various species and subspecies of [[human]] and related genera existed on [[Earth]], then known as Erde-Tyrene.<ref group="note">Although the narrative of ''The Forerunner Saga'' mainly concerns humans from [[Marontik]] and its immediate region, [[Riser]] mentions in ''[[Rebirth]]'' that ''"Any human on Erde-Tyrene would have known how to voice respect for those now gone"''; as such, it is assumed that the same civilization spanned the entire planet at least on a certain level.</ref> This civilization was a reduced remnant of humanity's [[Prehistoric human civilization|previous interstellar empire]], which was shattered by the [[Forerunner]]s at the conclusion of the [[human-Forerunner wars]]. Erde-Tyrene itself was considered an insignificant and obscure vassal planet of the Forerunners' [[ecumene]], with a Forerunner [[Miner]] presence on the nearby [[Mars]], known as Edom at the time.<ref>'''[[Halo: Cryptum]]''', ''pages 15, 17''</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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*[[Mara|Sha''kyanunsho'']] (''Gigantopitechus''): a sapient species of giant orangutan that lived in highlands north of Marontik<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 145-146, 186, 212''</ref> | *[[Mara|Sha''kyanunsho'']] (''Gigantopitechus''): a sapient species of giant orangutan that lived in highlands north of Marontik<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 145-146, 186, 212''</ref> | ||
The names of these species were changed to reflect significant changes: when most members of a given species were dead or away from a major spiritual center, the species' name would be prefixed with a glottal click. These rules were known to all humans across Erde-Tyrene but were kept secret from non-human species such as the Forerunners.<ref name="rebirth">'''[[ | The names of these species were changed to reflect significant changes: when most members of a given species were dead or away from a major spiritual center, the species' name would be prefixed with a glottal click. These rules were known to all humans across Erde-Tyrene but were kept secret from non-human species such as the Forerunners.<ref name="rebirth">'''[[Rebirth]]'''</ref> | ||
==Notable individuals== | ==Notable individuals== | ||
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**''[[Terminal/Halo 4|Terminals]]'' | **''[[Terminal/Halo 4|Terminals]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Silentium]]'' | *''[[Halo: Silentium]]'' | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Rebirth]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo Mythos]]'' | *''[[Halo Mythos]]'' | ||