Human (Babylon 5) Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Humans are one of the many races in the fictional Babylon 5 universe. Their homeworld is Earth. Humans are considered one of the younger races in the galaxy but is currently a Galactic Superpower.
In the television series Babylon 5 Earth is the homeworld of the Human race. Earth is the 3rd planet in the Sol star system and has a single moon called Luna. Earth has a oxygen/nitrogen atmosphere. The Earth has 7 major landmasses which take up 29% of the surface while the other 71% of the planet is covered by four major oceans. The planet has ice caps but much smaller than those on Minbar. On Earth a year is 365.25 solar days. The planet's population is 10 billion, and the capital city is Geneva, Switzerland.
The Earth Alliance, founded in 2085, is the government of Earth and its colonies. Earthgov, the name of the government, is based on Earth in the capital city of Geneva. The head of their government is a president, and it has a legislative body called the Earth senate.
Slight biological differences among people in their races and groups being separated for centuries has led to the formation of radically different religions unlike most other races, making them one of the most diverse people socially in the galaxy. The most common religions among humans are Christianity, Islam, and Judiasm.
Human Beings are bipedal mammals divided into two sexes, male and female, with six distinct breeds. Skin tone and distinctions in facial characteristics can identify different breeds of human. Both halves of this race, male and female, are required to reproduce sans the use of cloning and genetic technology. For the most part, humans mate for periods up to seven years and some humans are even known to mate for life. Humans are social creatures and usually mass in large groups and generally don't cope well with solitary life.
Human females are fertile once every month and humans mate often, even when females are not in season. Females give birth usually to one offspring and human males assist in the raising of the offspring. Males will usually remain with the female long enough to produce at least one viable offspring before looking for a new mate. Males will stay with the female to protect her and the offspring and will remain with the family unit for up to four to seven years. If a male remains in the family group for periods longer than fifteen years, chances are low that he will leave the family group and will remain with his chosen mate for the rest of his life. Typically, 62% of human males and females mate for life.
While there is still some debate over the issue, it is believed that Humans originated on the continent of North Africa on their home world Earth. Humans are descendents of apes, who reside in the jungles and trees. Unlike other apes humans have the ability to swim, have little body hair and have an extra layer of body fat. These physiological differences from their ape cousins is believed to have been caused by humans migrating into an aquatic life in the southern waters of Africa, possibly during one of Earth's many ice ages. This gave rise to a humanoid that would come to be known as Homo Erectus, more than 70,000 years ago.
Homo Erectus eventually gave rise to two separate types of humanoid—Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon. While Homo Erectus migrated eastward and became extinct for reasons unknown, Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon thrived in North Africa, the Middle East and Europe, the two humanoids separated by the ongoing ice-age. Cro-Magnon would eventually render the Neanderthal extinct via a combination of war and environmental changes the Neanderthal—specialized to survive the ice age—could not adapt to. Cro-Magnon would eventually give rise to the humans as seen on Earth today, who would come to dominate their planet in only some 15,000 to 5,000 years following the great ice age that saw the death of the other human subspecies.
Humans are omnivores and feed on a wide variety of animals. Humans prefer to feed on large grass eating herbivores such as Cows as well as smaller creatures like pigs, sheep, rabbits and small cats. Humans are also known to feed on fish, birds, as well as fruits and vegetables, a holdover from their genetic past when they lived in the jungles.
While not the strongest of species, humans are much tougher animals than are usually credited. Humans can go days without water and weeks without food. They can survive cold temperatures to a far greater degree than other races such as the Drazi, or high temperature environments that would kill a Minbari in as little as a day. Their ability to adapt is probably the human race's most powerful genetic trait.
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