Questions tagged [humans]
For questions about humans as we know them or slightly changed, their physiology, psychology, politics, society and goals.
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What evolutionary pressures would lead to clowns?
In my world, there is a species scientifically named Homo ridiculus (funny human) (so, they are humans, just not Homo sapiens), commonly named clowns.
Some basic characteristics of them are:
They are ...
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What is a fool proof future-world CAPTCHA test, given that AI can bypass current-day CAPTCHA's?
We are getting to the point today where AI could solve all current CAPTCHA tests, such that if someone were accessing data remotely there is no way the website would know if it is a real human, or an ...
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Long term viability of a human population with super healing that causes female to male sequential hermaphrotism
This question starts with a conversation I had with friends about the implications of super healing ability of Marvel comics characters like Wolverine, Deadpool, Hulk, and more. How would a person ...
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if people are bred like dogs, what can be achieved?
We turned wolves into Chihuahuas, transforming them from beasts to basically rats.
If aliens captured humans and made them into pets, what are the most extreme features humans could develop through ...
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What is the maximum survivable gravity for humans for say 8 months
I know the human body can survive multiple g's for short periods - like fighter pilots or F1 drivers. But what is maximum survivable gravity for more than just a transient moment? Could a body live on ...
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Is the average person capable of adapting to a lower oxygen content in the air than earth, given enough time to slowly acclimate?
The concept of my world rests essentially on voluntary migration of populations to other planets either for colonization or relocation.
If the desired destination planet had significantly lower oxygen ...
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Could civilised hive insects build galls in living humans? [closed]
The insects form an interspecific alliance of all sufficiently advanced eusocial insects within Eastern Europe. They have access to modern day science, medicine, and philosophy
Using their knowledge ...
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Living under a permanent dark
This is the 3. Part of a series of questions.
In which I asked how a permanent dark sky would effect flora and fauna.
Unlike the other two this question is not going to focus on nature. Rather how ...
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Would medieval humans know if an ancient civilization had existed and been wiped out?
Let's say there was a society of lizard people that were highly intelligent, about 50 million years ago. They built permanent structures and developed up to an industrial tech level; they had iron ...
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Do my human migration patterns make sense?
I have created a map of migration patterns since the evolution of homo sapiens on my planet. I am wondering if the movement makes sense and feels realistic, when compared to the climates and terrain ...
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Are my skin and hair colors believable?
I'm trying to determine whether my skin and hair colors are consistent with the climate of my planet, if I've done them correctly, within reason.
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Enhanced human capable of killing any predator on land with bare hands [closed]
Basically, a genetically engineered humanoid that maxes out on all stats. Engineered to,
Have a larger density of skeletal muscles.
Have a high bone density
Highly enhanced senses and reaction times (...
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An avatar from birth
In my 'world', there is the three-dimensional 'real world', and the four-dimensional 'realm of the gods'. The 'real world' is much like a magical version of our own world, while the realm of the gods ...
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What injuries can leave permanent damage while allowing someone to move freely/fight?
I want to have a character who used to be the captain of/personal guard for a queen but has to retire due to an injury but I can't find any injury that would leave permenant damage without leaving ...
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Alternative methods of blood circulation?
So, I've got a parasite, which adapts and grows to keep its (human) host alive. One of the hosts in question has lost their heart, and since the parasite itself, taking the form of vine-like ...
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