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<blockquote data-quote="mythusmage" data-source="post: 1868177" data-attributes="member: 571">Ki: They look like humans. On first acquaintance they could be mistaken for humans. But there's something of the wolf about them. And once you get to know orcs you wonder how you could ever mistake one for a human.Dragon Earth: Dang, I never thought about that. :\ Off the top of my head... Like the neanderthal (Homo neanderthalienis) the orc (Homo pugnalios) is descended from Heidelberg Man (Homo heidelbergiensis). Unlike the neanderthal the orc proved to be more adaptable, and was able to not only survive the arrival of modern man (Homo sapiens), but even thrive. Even before the development of modern medicine (magical and mundane) orcs were able to mix in human society, where the alma (the modern neanderthal) was limited to the high mountains of central Asia. As a result orcs are found around the world in substantial numbers.The orc is an advanced, gracile version of H. heidelbergiensis, while the alma (neaderthal) is a robust version. The ogre (Homo montane) being a hyper-robust descendent of the neanderthal.In any case, while the unobservant often mistake orcs for humans, those with a brain connected to their eyeballs can readily see the difference.Yes, Dragon Earth has a lot of different species of human. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :o"&nbsp; data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="mythusmage, post: 1868177, member: 571"] [b]Ki[/b]: They look like humans. On first acquaintance they could be mistaken for humans. But there's something of the wolf about them. And once you get to know orcs you wonder how you could ever mistake one for a human. [b]Dragon Earth[/b]: Dang, I never thought about that. :\ Off the top of my head... Like the neanderthal (Homo neanderthalienis) the orc (Homo pugnalios) is descended from Heidelberg Man (Homo heidelbergiensis). Unlike the neanderthal the orc proved to be more adaptable, and was able to not only survive the arrival of modern man (Homo sapiens), but even thrive. Even before the development of modern medicine (magical and mundane) orcs were able to mix in human society, where the alma (the modern neanderthal) was limited to the high mountains of central Asia. As a result orcs are found around the world in substantial numbers. The orc is an advanced, gracile version of H. heidelbergiensis, while the alma (neaderthal) is a robust version. The ogre (Homo montane) being a hyper-robust descendent of the neanderthal. In any case, while the unobservant often mistake orcs for humans, those with a brain connected to their eyeballs can readily see the difference. Yes, [b]Dragon Earth[/b] has a lot of different species of human. :o [/QUOTE]

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