Human (Earth-7162)

"Now, after seven human years, I have finally come to understand your role, your place in the universe and how you came to be here. The eons of human evolution, invention, aspiration...and war. Always war. The oldest, most enduring of human practices."

- - Cortana Humans (Latin Homo sapiens sapiens, meaning "man who knows of his knowledge") are a sapient race of mammals native to Earth. Members of the primate family, they are the only remaining species of the once diverse genus of multiple human species. Humans, like most Covenant species, are bipedal and four-limbed, enabling their movement on two legs and use of arms and hands to manipulate objects. Having a mysterious connection, seemingly that of creation, to the forerunners, humans were given the roles of Reclaimers by the ancient, extinct species, in order to inherit their Mantle. Humans would start to rise 100,000 years later, inventing space-travel in the mid-20th century and colonizing space for the next hundreds of years. After the Interplanetary War, humanity became largely united under the Unified Earth Government. A century later, with the creation of the Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine, humans expanded beyond the Solar system and spread through the Orion Arm.

With the development of civilization through space, came political and social uneasiness, which gave rise to the numerous Insurrectionist movements and the Insurrection, with many of the UEG's Outer Colonies actively seeking to secede from the government. While the war claimed the lives of millions, a more dangerous threat came in 2552, with the arrival of the alien species yautja, which waged war against humanity duo to their religion.