Erde-Tyrene civilization: Difference between revisions

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m (Gigantopithecus is more closely related to Orangutans than Gorillas. Probably weren't sapient either, but whatever floats Greg Bear's boat.)
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*[[B'ashamanune|B'asha''manush'']]: a thin and lithe species which inhabited Earth's equatorial grasslands<ref name="c25"/>
*[[B'ashamanune|B'asha''manush'']]: a thin and lithe species which inhabited Earth's equatorial grasslands<ref name="c25"/>
*[[Denisovan]]: close relatives to both ''Homo sapiens'' and ''neanderthalensis''; tall and lean in stature<ref name="p169"/>
*[[Denisovan]]: close relatives to both ''Homo sapiens'' and ''neanderthalensis''; tall and lean in stature<ref name="p169"/>
*[[Mara|Sha''kyanunsho'']] (''Gigantopitechus''): a sapient species of giant gorilla 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">'''[[Halo: Rebirth]]'''</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">'''[[Halo: Rebirth]]'''</ref>