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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Xeriar" data-source="post: 1105062" data-attributes="member: 4116">It is believed to have developed due to the necessity of following herds, and scouring a wide area for food.Perhaps.The thread on RPG.net got a much better response, maybe because I phrased it differently?  There were still a few who pattered 'Humans are average because that's all we know!'Well duh!  If I knew about some alien species to draw pointers from I would not be asking the question.Sorry, that was probably a bit harsh.  I want a starker contrast between humans and other races.Physical adaptations still occur - paler skin in both groups, for example.  Not only do they conserve heat better, but their skin (should say 'our skin' since I'm a whitey too) produces its own vitamin D.My idea is similar - rather than one group making it through the bottlenecks, multiple, seperate groups do.  Branches from the austropilithene tree making orcs, for example.Mitochondrial evidence is easier, but real analysis has been done to back it up where possible (y-adam studies and an analysis of some 200 human groups from around the world.)There are three branches of African humanity.  L1, L2, and L3.  Everyone else in the world is a sub-branch of L3.</blockquote>