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Building on a Universe... by helena-markos, journal

  • June 13, 1991
  • Sweden
  • Deviant for 15 years
  • He / Him
My Bio
Hi! I'm an odd little fellow from a distant land far across the sea, called Sweden (unless you're from Europe, then I'm just from the cold north). Like most people, I like a bunch of things. Public transport, for example. However, hereon I mostly upload my maps and flags and sometimes mine odd conlang. My favourite genres include fantasy, sci-fi and althistory, not to mention a number of computer game and anime fandoms. I've got a conworld I'm working on, for which I'm in the process of developing language families and creating maps, and maybe someday, I might just publish stories set therein, though that'll be FAAAAAAR into the future.

I love languages and anything related to it. These are the ones I know:
Swedish language level NATIVE by TheFlagandAnthemGuy Hungarian language level NATIVE by TheFlagandAnthemGuy British English language level EXPERT by TheFlagandAnthemGuy Stamp: German Language Intermediate by MafiaVamp French 2 by Faeth-design Japanese language level INTERMEDIATE by TheFlagandAnthemGuy Danish Language Level: Intermediate by MicoNutziri Spanish language level BEGINNER by TheFlagandAnthemGuy

Favourite Visual Artist
Vincent van Gogh and Ilja Repin
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
More recently: Al-Namrood; Metatron Omega
Favourite Writers
Lev Tolstoj; J.R.R. Tolkien
Favourite Games
StarCraft!
Favourite Gaming Platform
PC
Tools of the Trade
Inkscape for making flags, maps, and other vector art; pen and paper for writing
Other Interests
Languages, History, Writing, Vexillology, Shadowrun, SCP Foundation,

Stamp Factory

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So yeah, I've gone full Asperger's and been churning out language level stamps the past few days, which I'll be uploading here for you all to use. They're based off of Wikipedia's Babel system, with five levels plus native. The 'Expert' level matches Wikimedia's 'Professional' category, and is intended for those who have either some academic education, certificate or profession which makes them especially qualified to give advice on language use. This includes academics, writers, language consultants, translators, interpreters, logopedists, teachers, editors and so on. I'll try to cover as many as possible, starting with the biggest and most
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Freedom!

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So my last half-year of absence can be explained by my dad pulling the plug on our Internet connection. Now, however, I've moved away from home to mine own place in Lund, where they also provide a very beneficial high-speed connection for free! Life is good. ^^ So yeah, I'm back... again. XD
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Freedom!

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So my last half-year of absence can be explained by my dad pulling the plug on our Internet connection. Now, however, I've moved away from home to mine own place in Lund, where they also provide a very beneficial high-speed connection for free! Life is good. ^^ So yeah, I'm back... again. XD
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I have a few questions about your hominid scale thing. What's with Homo sentiens and Homo sapiens? It seems a bit improbable to lump all fantasy races into two single species too. I personally say gnomes are "Homo gnomus", elves are "Homo alfus", goblins are "Goblinus kobalos", giants are "Gigantohomo gigantus", and tinies are "Homo lilliputianus".

You know, you could just have posted this among the comments for he chart in question. :P


But to answer your question: I've divided the human races into *three species* (Homo sentiens, Homo intelligens, and Homo sapiens), based on two things: their most recent common ancestor, and their ability to produce fertile offspring with one another (which are usually the main criteria in biology). All subspecies (races) within their respective species can, at least theoretically, produce fertile offspring with one another, provided their genitals are compatible (size difference usually being the main obstacle. Between the species, however, fertile offsprings are rare, and usually the exception that proves the rule. So elves and manshes will generally produce fertile offspring, while elves and orcs will mostly produce sterile offspring.


Furthermore, the races' ancestry is often evident in shared characteristics within the species themselves, such as skin colour ranges, bone structure, and other physiological differences that are greater between the different species that within them, so a clear line can be drawn. For example: Homo intelligens possess sloped foreheads, greater hairgrowth (whether local or universal), and greater sensitivity to sunlight; Homo intelligens possess greater muscle density, larger lower canines (tusks), and more pronounced brow ridges; Homo sapiens feature greater stamina, smoother skin, and better climate adaptability.


So overall, it's usually rather easy to pinpoint which species an individual belongs to even from a distance: the differences between orcs and manshes are quite obvious. Elves, manshes and even hobs, on the other hands, may be harder to differentiate without closer inspection: from a distances, hobs may look like simply infant elves and manshes.


Nonetheless, despite their differences, the species all look similar enough to each other to be easily identified as members of a single genus (Homo), wherein they also share a common ancestor.

I'm sorry, I know I could've. I didn't think you'd answer for some reason. Sometimes I act without thinking, and I apologize. Also, that makes sense. Though I feel like giants would warrant their own species rank, with the cyclops being considered a subspecies, unless it's more of a mutation, but that's just my opinion.

Happy Birthday! :cake:
new icon after so many years?! I nearly didn't recognize you lol
Haha, I just finally decided to use the same icon here as everywhere else. XD