Human Chimera

Human Chimera are Chimeras using Humaniti as the (or one of the) base species while engineering the new species.

• Some Variant Human Races qualify as Chimeras.

Description (Specifications)

Most scientists use one or the other of the terms Human Chimera or Variant Human Race to indicate these genetically engineered populations. In general, the term Chimera has a higher standard-defining threshold (and is thus narrower in scope) in that the term specifically refers to a creature or species that was geneered from 2 or more distinct species, or that a single species was used as a base to which were added significant genetic modification sequences from one or more additional species. Simple engineered genetic modification of aspects of existing species does not generally qualify a creature or species as a Chimera -- it must be a hybrid or fusion of two or more distinct independently viable species in some way. Thus the term Variant Human Race is broader in scope.

• These species may or may not rate their own taxonomic name.
• This often depends on political considerations, although sometimes there are sound practical reasons for an omission.

Known Variant Human Races: 1105

The following known Variant Human Races exist within Charted Space, some of which may qualify as Chimerae:

1. Acheron
2. Aquan
3. Bo'daan
4. Fervoriani
5. Ginsharian
6. Iziri
7. Jonkeereen
8. Lamura Teg
9. Morlock
10. Neiikhi
11. Nexxies
12. Otrai
13. Scania
14. Selenite
15. Urpayan
16. Wuans

History & Background (Dossier)

The Major Race/Minor Race scheme has its exceptions and special cases.

• Many of these involve new species of Humaniti created by genetic engineering during historical times.
• Many laymen consider such species to be Minor Races, but since they have had no chance to invent jump drive on their own, but may be descended from races that did, they don't fit the usual definition of either.

See also

Biotechnology

§ == ( Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information: ) == §

• B: Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Conventional Biology
  • Sophontology
  • Xenobiology

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• B: Biotechnology
  • Artificial Womb
  • Biochip
  • Bio-Identenoid
  • Biotechnology
  • Cybertechnology
  • Metabolic Chamber
  • Personality Recording
  • Relict Regeneration
  • Replacement Body Part

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• G: Genetic Engineering
  • Chimera Species
  • Clone
  • Human Chimera
  • Relict
  • Supra-Species
  • Synthetic
  • Terragen
  • Uplift
  • Variant Race
  • Variant Human Race
  • Variant Non-Human Race

Sophont

§ == ( Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information: ) == §

• Native Intelligent Life
• Sophont
  • Human Race
    • Humanoid
    • Non-humanoid
    • Semi-humanoid
  • Humaniti
    • Major Human Race
    • Minor Human Race
  • Major Race
    • Major Human Race
    • Major Non-Human Race
  • Minor Race
    • Minor Human Race
    • Minor Non-Human Race
  • Non-human Race
    • Major Non-Human Race
    • Minor Non-Human Race
  • Variant Race
    • Chimera Species
    • Human Chimera
    • Genetic Engineering
    • Variant Human Race
    • Variant Non-Human Race
  • Ancients
  • Ascendants
  • Extinct Species
  • Precursors
  • Primordials
  • Transcendents

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• GURPS Traveller: Humaniti
• T5 Core Rules
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Creator: Hans Rancke-Madsen
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science