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Notably, [[:File:MMO Forerunner Concept 2.jpg|concept art]] for the cancelled ''Halo'' MMO ''Titan'', developed by [[Ensemble Studios]], depicted the Forerunners as ostensibly human, supposedly reflecting the creators' intent at the time of the game's development. The ''[[Origins]]'' short in ''[[Halo Legends]]'', released in 2009 by 343 Industries, depicts the Forerunners as armored humanoids with a human-like build, including five-fingered hands; later media would establish them as having six fingers by default. However, the canonicity of ''Origins'' was presented as nebulous even at the time of the short's release, with the noted caveat that the visuals and events shown are [[Cortana]]'s interpretations rather than being necessarily reflective of in-universe reality.{{Ref/Film|Id=OriginsCommentary|Halo Legends|Story=Origins audio commentary}} | Notably, [[:File:MMO Forerunner Concept 2.jpg|concept art]] for the cancelled ''Halo'' MMO ''Titan'', developed by [[Ensemble Studios]], depicted the Forerunners as ostensibly human, supposedly reflecting the creators' intent at the time of the game's development. The ''[[Origins]]'' short in ''[[Halo Legends]]'', released in 2009 by 343 Industries, depicts the Forerunners as armored humanoids with a human-like build, including five-fingered hands; later media would establish them as having six fingers by default. However, the canonicity of ''Origins'' was presented as nebulous even at the time of the short's release, with the noted caveat that the visuals and events shown are [[Cortana]]'s interpretations rather than being necessarily reflective of in-universe reality.{{Ref/Film|Id=OriginsCommentary|Halo Legends|Story=Origins audio commentary}} | ||
When [[343 Industries]] was developing ''[[The Forerunner Saga]],'' the modern concepts for the human-Forerunner relationship were established, with there being considerable changes from the previous intentions. They are presented as being clearly distinct species in both the novels and subsequent visual media, which depict the Forerunners as humanoid but decidedly alien, contrasted with the explicitly human [[Ancestors]]. The novels greatly extended the timeline of Forerunner involvement with humanity. Rather than being a discovered during the [[Conservation Measure]], Earth has been known to the Forerunners since ancient times by the time the novels are set, and has been used as an outpost by the Librarian for nine millennia prior to the firing of the Halos. Although the humans have been devolved to a primitive state by the Forerunners, they are depicted as a civilization with a long history of contact, rivalry, and war with the Forerunners. Despite these distinctions, the novels' point-of-view characters frequently note various similarities between them, and there are several instances in which in the early history of both is noted as being shrouded in mystery.{{Ref|Group=Note|For example, how or when the Ancestors had reached the point of | When [[343 Industries]] was developing ''[[The Forerunner Saga]],'' the modern concepts for the human-Forerunner relationship were established, with there being considerable changes from the previous intentions. They are presented as being clearly distinct species in both the novels and subsequent visual media, which depict the Forerunners as humanoid but decidedly alien, contrasted with the explicitly human [[Ancestors]]. The novels greatly extended the timeline of Forerunner involvement with humanity. Rather than being a discovered during the [[Conservation Measure]], Earth has been known to the Forerunners since ancient times by the time the novels are set, and has been used as an outpost by the Librarian for nine millennia prior to the firing of the Halos. Although the humans have been devolved to a primitive state by the Forerunners, they are depicted as a civilization with a long history of contact, rivalry, and war with the Forerunners. Despite these distinctions, the novels' point-of-view characters frequently note various similarities between them, and there are several instances in which in the early history of both is noted as being shrouded in mystery.{{Ref|Group=Note|For example, how or when the Ancestors had reached the point of intergalactic travel is not well known. Notably, within the narrative [[Forthencho]] distrusts the notion of Earth being their homeworld, thinking of ruins found on other worlds.{{Ref/Novel|Id=PrimChp21|Primordium|Chapter=21|Quote=I had severe doubts that Erda was our planet of origin. Other worlds in other systems seemed more likely. I had been to many of them and had viewed their ancient ruins.}}}} Through sources like ''[[Halo: Point of Light]]'' and the 2022 ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)|Halo Encyclopedia]]'', Forerunners and humans have been revealed to have been split off from a species created from a base stock by the Precursors fifteen million years ago.{{Ref/Site|D=18|M=11|Y=2022|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/wintertime-wrap|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Wintertime Wrap}} While the origin or nature of the "base stock" is not elaborated on, this explanation is somewhat conceptually similar to the terminal writers' intent of the Forerunners being an offshoot of early terrestrial humans.{{Ref|Group=Note|Assuming [[wikipedia:Timeline of human evolution|modern interpretations]] of the fossil record apply, the dating of the split would mean the common ancestor of both species would predate anything recognized as "human" today. It is notable that modern interpretations of the timeline of human evolution are called into question even in ''Iris'' through the [[Society of the Ancients]] and related elements such as ''[[The Castaway Theory]]'' and the [[out-of-place handprint]], though these reinterpretations are framed as a conspiracy theory.}} | ||
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