Category:Human

The Human race (Homo sapiens sapiens), also known as humanity, Mankind or Man, is that collection of factions comprised of humanity, the most dominant intelligent race in the Milky Way Galaxy in the 41st Millennium AD. Humanity is the only species (other than the Eldar) who are not solely represented by one army. Instead, humanity is divided into a multitude of armies, either working for or against the overall interests of Mankind in its attempts to retain control over the galaxy and survive unscathed in an incredibly hostile universe. Humans originated on the planet Terra (Old Earth), and first colonised the galaxy during the Dark Age of Technology. Almost nothing is known about human civilisation in this time, this information having been lost in the utter chaos of the following Age of Strife. In the 41st Millennium the majority of humans are part of the Imperium of Man, although other human civilisations are known to exist. Unfortunately, humanity is known to be a species that is relatively easy to corrupt to the service of Chaos and in fact, it is Mankind's dominance in the galaxy that has shaped the Warp and the form the Chaos Gods currently take, as they are ultimately no more than psychic manifestations in the Immaterium of the collective psyches of the intelligent species of the galaxy. Unlike the ancient Eldar, humanity has only just begun the evolutionary transition into a psychic species. As yet, very few humans develop the genetic mutation that allows them to become psykers, though this number is slowly increasing as the centuries pass. However, most human psykers lack the mental discipline or inner strength to prevent themselves from becoming daemonhosts or otherwise being manipulated by the dark entities of the Warp.