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| {{Title|K'ta''manune''}} | | {{era|Forerunner}} |
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| | '''Neanderthals''', also known as '''K'tamanune'''<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/related/text/cryptum-glossary/62e29c59-a3f9-4b63-af76-def71fda5459 Halo Waypoint - Cryptum Glossary]</ref> to other humans and the [[Forerunners]], were a [[human]] species native to [[Europe]] and parts of Central and Western [[Asia]] on [[Earth]]. Physically, Neanderthals differed greatly from Homo sapiens: they possessed slightly larger braincases, smaller foreheads, thicker brow ridges and lacked a chin, as well as having a shorter but much more robust skeleton than their taller, more lithe relatives. Neanderthals appear in the fossil record approximately 130,000 years ago, and disappear in Asia approximately 50,000 years ago before finally disappearing 30,000 years ago. The reasons for their disappearance remain unknown - theories alternately suggest that they were unable to adapt to a changing climate, were displaced by more adaptable modern humans through direct or indirect competition, or were absorbed into the newer human population. Between 1% and 4% of the non-African genepool is Neanderthal DNA, evidence that the two species interbred at some stage, likely in the Middle East as Homo sapiens migrated out of Africa. |
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| {{Quote|Husky ocher and brown k'ta''manune'' wandered the northern latitudes and skirted massive grinding sheets of ice. These dwellers in glacial shadows wrapped themselves in harsh woven fiber and fur.|The young [[Manipular]] [[Bornstellar-Makes-Eternal-Lasting]] recounts some of what he had learned during his studying of human history.}}{{Ref/Reuse|HC1}}
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| '''K'ta''manune''''' were a variety of [[human]] that evolved on [[Erde-Tyrene]] over the course of nine thousand years following the [[Librarian]]'s relocation of survivors of the last [[Human-Forerunner wars|war]] against the [[Forerunner]]s to their race's ancestral homeworld.<ref name="HC1">''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'', ''Chapter 1''</ref>
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| ==Overview==
| | Neanderthals were one of a number of human species "indexed" by the [[Librarian]] and reseeded on Earth after the activation of the [[Halo Array]], released in Africa near [[the Artifact]] and presumably relocated to their former northern homelands.<ref>'''[[Halo Legends]]''' - ''[[Origins]]''</ref> |
| 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>
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| 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>
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==List of appearances== |
| *''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' {{Fm}} | | *'''[[Halo Legends]]''' - ''[[Origins]]'' |
| *''[[Halo: Silentium]]'' {{Im}} | | *''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' |
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