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[[Humanoid]] is a sophontigraphic term indicating that a [[sophont]] possesses a [[body plan]] with the same basic [[morphology]] as baseline members of [[Humaniti]].
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[[Humanoid]] is a ''body plan'', a basic description of the body structure of a single creature. Because of the wide spread of [[Humaniti]] the human body plan has become a standard.  
  
=== Library Data Referral Tree ===
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A humanoid body plan consists of an solid, unsegmented abdomen with two legs and two arms ending with hands as manipulators, and a head. The head contains both brain and the main senses. The overall layout is bilaterally symmetric, meaning a left and right side of the body. Finally the overall body has an upright structure, with the head at the highest point atop an upright abdomen.
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
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== Description ==
A humanoid body plan means possession of an abdomen, torso, head, two arms with hands, and two legs with feet.
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A ''body plan'' is a set of morphological features common to many members of a phylum of [[creature]]s used by [[biologist]]s, [[exobiologist]]s, and [[sophontologist]]s among others. The vertebrate body plan is one of many: invertebrates consist of many phyla. This term, usually applied to [[creature]]s, envisages a "blueprint" encompassing aspects such as [[symmetry]], [[segmentation]], and [[limb disposition]]. Evolutionary developmental biology seeks to explain the origins of diverse body plans.
  
=== Human Baseline Characteristics ===
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=== Related terms ===
No information yet available.
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; Semi-humanoid
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: This is a creatures with most of the features of a humanoid body structure, but with a few obvious and external changes. Examples would include
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:* [[Sydite]], with 4 arms instead of two. 
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:* [[Vegan]], who have tentacles at the end of their arms, rather than hands.
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; Non-Humanoid
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: A creature with few, if any, of the humanoid body features. This is a broad category indicative of the Humaniti-centric view of the term.  
  
== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
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== See also ==
The terms for sophont body plans are widely disputed in the [[sophontology]] community.
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=== Human Anatomy, Physiology & Morphology ===
 
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* Convergent Evolution
 
 
 
=== Non-Human Morphology & Evolution ===
 
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|S3= Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]  
|S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]  
 
 
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Revision as of 11:34, 25 September 2020

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Humanoid is a body plan, a basic description of the body structure of a single creature. Because of the wide spread of Humaniti the human body plan has become a standard.

A humanoid body plan consists of an solid, unsegmented abdomen with two legs and two arms ending with hands as manipulators, and a head. The head contains both brain and the main senses. The overall layout is bilaterally symmetric, meaning a left and right side of the body. Finally the overall body has an upright structure, with the head at the highest point atop an upright abdomen.

Description

A body plan is a set of morphological features common to many members of a phylum of creatures used by biologists, exobiologists, and sophontologists among others. The vertebrate body plan is one of many: invertebrates consist of many phyla. This term, usually applied to creatures, envisages a "blueprint" encompassing aspects such as symmetry, segmentation, and limb disposition. Evolutionary developmental biology seeks to explain the origins of diverse body plans.

Related terms

Semi-humanoid
This is a creatures with most of the features of a humanoid body structure, but with a few obvious and external changes. Examples would include
  • Sydite, with 4 arms instead of two.
  • Vegan, who have tentacles at the end of their arms, rather than hands.
Non-Humanoid
A creature with few, if any, of the humanoid body features. This is a broad category indicative of the Humaniti-centric view of the term.

See also

Sophont

References & Contributors (Sources)

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