Ancient humanoids
An ancient humanoid, as seen in the ST:TNG episode "The Chase"
Affiliation:	All humanoid races

Ancient humanoids were a race of humanoids in the fictional Star Trek universe that were one of the universe's oldest sentient species. They were introduced in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Chase". Image File history File links Progenitor. ... The term humanoid refers to any being whose body structure resembles that of a human. ... FicTioNaL is a Gaming Legend. ... The current Star Trek franchise logo Star Trek is an epic American science fiction franchise. ... Universe is a word derived from the Old French univers, which in turn comes form the Latin roots unus (one) and versus (a form of vertere, to turn). Physicists concept of the Universe is motivated[] by the attempt to describe the whole of space-time, including all matter and energy... The title as it appeared in most episodes opening credits. ... The Chase is the 146th episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. ...

About 4 billion years ago, these humanoids explored the Milky Way galaxy, and found none like themselves. Their civilization thrived for ages -- but they knew that one day they would be gone, and nothing of them would survive. To preserve their heritage, their scientists seeded the primordial oceans of many worlds where life was in its infancy, including Earth, Vulcan, Qo'noS, Cardassia Prime, Bajor, Betazed, etc., with encoded DNA fragments. The seed codes directed evolution toward a physical development similar to their own. Because of this, most habitable planets in the galaxy evolved with many physically similar species (e.g. fish, trees, insects), and on many of those worlds with at least one sentient species with a humanoid configuration (bilaterally symmetrical, upright posture, two arms, two legs, brain located in head). The Milky Way (a translation of the Latin Via Lactea, in turn derived from the Greek Galaxia Kuklos; or simply the Galaxy) is a barred spiral galaxy in the Local Group, and has special significance to humanity as the location of the solar system, which is located near the Orion... Adjectives: Terrestrial, Terran, Telluric, Tellurian, Earthly Atmosphere Surface pressure: 101. ... The planet Vulcan viewed from orbit. ... The meeting place of the Klingon High Council in the First City of the Klingon Empire In the fictional Star Trek universe, QonoS is the Klingon homeworld, also known as Kronos or Klinzhai. ... In the fictional series, Star Trek, Cardassia Prime is the main planet in the Cardassian Empire. ... A typical major city on Bajor In the fictional Star Trek universe, Bajor (IPA: /bedʒoɹ/ or /beʒoɹ/) is the homeworld of the Bajorans. ... Betazed is a planet in the fictional television, movie, and book series Star Trek. ... The structure of part of a DNA double helix. ... This article is about evolution in biology. ... The Class M planet Earth. ... NGC 4414, a typical spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices, is about 56,000 light-years in diameter and approximately 60 million light-years distant. ... The term humanoid refers to any being whose body structure resembles that of a human. ...

Anatomically, a significant percentage of those lifeforms are outwardly indistinguishable from humans, right down to such minutiae as racial subtypes, hair patterns, fingernails and cartilaginous foldings of the nose and ears. The reason they are so astonishingly similar to the human race is because the human form represents the basic way that evolution most likely takes for the dominant mammalian race on an average Earth-like planet under the influence of the seed codes and the other humanoid races (e.g. Klingons, Cardassians, Vulcans) developed under very specific and usually unique environmental conditions. I smoke weed im growing a blue penis dude#REDIRECT penises are cool ... Adjectives: Terrestrial, Terran, Telluric, Tellurian, Earthly Atmosphere Surface pressure: 101. ... This article is about the fictional race. ... Damar of the Cardassian Union, prior to launching a revolution against the Dominion. ... This article or section may need to be cleaned up and rewritten because it describes a work of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. ...

These beings were never given a name in any Star Trek series. There is some speculation among fans that this species of humanoids evolved into the Changelings that founded the Dominion in the Gamma Quadrant. (In response to a question from Odo, the Female Changeling admits that the Changelings had indeed been solids "eons ago". Indeed, the ancient humanoid seen in "The Chase" resembles a Changeling taking humanoid form, and both the humanoid and the Female Changeling are portrayed by actress Salome Jens). The concept of the ancient humanoids provides an ingenious narrative explanation for the widespread incidence of humanoid extraterrestrial intelligence in the Star Trek universe. Of course, in reality, this is a consequence of the alien characters being portrayed by human actors and a production budget that while not small was also not unlimited. Changelings are an alien race from the Star Trek universe. ... In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Dominion is a ruthless and militaristic Gamma Quadrant state, consisting of many different races, with ultimate power held by the xenophobic Changelings. ... In the fictional Star Trek series, the Milky Way Galaxy is divided into four quadrants, which are further subdivided into sectors. ... Odo is a shapeshifter played by Rene Auberjonois on the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... The Female Shapeshifter is a fictional character in the Star Trek: DS9 universe, one of a race of shapeshifting aliens. ... Salome Jens (born May 8, 1935 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an actress best-known for portraying the Female Shapeshifter on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ...

See also

• Elder race
• Panspermia (Exogenesis)
• Preservers

An elder race in science fiction, fantasy, or horror fiction is a fictional alien race that preceded humanity. ... Panspermia is the hypothesis that the seeds of life are in the Universe, that they may have delivered life to Earth, and that they may deliver or have delivered life to other habitable bodies; also the process of such delivery. ... In the fictional universe of Star Trek, the Preservers are an ancient race of aliens who visited Earth thousands of years ago and removed some human specimens from the planet. ...

External link

• Ancient humanoid article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.