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An Un-named Member of Hominidae
Topic Started: Apr 5 2010, 07:38 PM (502 Views)
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I've decided that I'm going to create a new genus in the Homini (humans and chimps) tribe of the Hominidae family. This genus of apes will be descended from a population of Sahelanthropus that migrated throughout Northwestern Africa when the Sahara was a more habitable place. As the Sahara turned to a more harsh environments this Sahelanthropus started to die out, except for a population that survived in Morocco.

The name of the genus is Moroccanthropus, and one of the species is Moroccanthropus Maghrebensis. The species will start to diverge into two subspecies, one developed for the coastal region the other adapted to the mountains. Eventually one shall replace the other, and my plan after that is for the species to expand around the Mediterranean.

Right now I'm just writing down ideas, and I'm wondering if anybody has any suggestions. And because I love maps I just made one of the migration to Morocco.

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Edited by Cynovolans, Apr 5 2010, 07:39 PM.
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Could you give a description of it? And is it set in modern time?
Maybe for the water one there could be a carnivore with claws for catching fish. And are you going to stick with the hominid body plan?
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Crap I left the title the same, and I already got a name for it.

I'm still working on specifics but the subspecies, Morrocanthropus Maghrebensis Whatever-Latin-or-Greek-appropriate-word-for-fishing-ape will live along the coast and start developing noticeable differences from the other subspecies. Including a larger skull, less body hair, and it is a little too reliant on the rivers.

I'd say this was about 5 millions years ago, after the Zanclean flood that brought an end to the Salinity Crisis in the Mediterranean.
I wish I could give the public a true picture of the queen as she appeared at her best, but this would be impossible, even had she permitted a photograph to be taken, for her charming play of expression while in conversation, the character and intellect which were then revealed, were only half seen when the face was in repose. -Lilias Underwood when speaking of Empress Myeongseong

"I was born in the dark. I went out into the light, and your Majesty, it is my displeasure to inform you that I have returned to the dark. I envision a Seoul of towering buildings filled with Western establishments that will place herself back above the Japanese barbarians. Great things lie ahead for the Kingdom, great things. We must take action, your Majesty, without hesitation, to further modernize this still ancient kingdom."-Min Young-ik to Empress Myeongseong
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I'd call the sea apes Zora and the mountain apes Gorons. Extra points if you get the reference. Maybe they could set up trade instead of wiping the other out.
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Why?
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Well working together would help more than killing eachother.
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I meant the latin names. And they don't have to be sentient.
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