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'''Humans''' are the primary race in the [[galaxy]], and the one whose point of view the vast majority of the background is written from.

Humans originate from the planet [[Terra]], and first colonized colonised the galaxy during the [[Dark Age of Technology]]. Almost nothing is known about human civilization civilisation in this time, having been lost in the chaos of the [[Age of Strife]]. In M41 the majority of humans are part of the [[Imperium|Imperium of Man]], although other human civilizations civilisations are known to exist.

==Human CivilizationsCivilisations==

The majority of humans exist within the Imperium of Man. The [[Imperial Cult]] preaches that humanity has a Manifest Destiny to conquer the entire galaxy, to the point where [[Xenos|alien ]] species are seen as inferior and worthy of nothing but extinction.

The next greatest concentration of humans exist as the Lost and the Damned, and reside primarily, though not exclusively, in the [[Eye of Terror]]. Not a coherent civilization civilisation as such, they exist as part of a diverse and infinite collection of warbands and hosts under the leadership of [[Champion of Chaos|Chaos Champions]]. Due to the nature of the [[warpWarp]], some of these humans are the original Imperial subjects who sided with the [[Warmaster]] [[Horus]] during the [[Horus Heresy]], though their number has been greatly supplemented by more recent humans who have turned to [[Chaos]], or slaves captured as part of the many raids out of the Eye.

Less xenophobic than the Imperium, the [[Tau ]] Empire has no qualms in letting other races join it. Whilst few in number, some humans have done so and exist within the Empire where they are known as [[Gue'vesa Auxiliaries|Gue'vesa]]¹. These humans for the most part are descendants of [[Imperial Guard]] troops who were abandoned in Tau space during the [[Damocles Crusade]], however it is not unheard of for Imperial planets to want to secede from the Imperium to join the Tau Empire².

===Independent CivilizationsCivilisations===

Other human civilizations civilisations are extremely rare. This is mostly due to the fact that the Imperium considers itself to have an automatic right to rule all of humanity, and ruthlessly suppresses any attempt to secede from it. Similarly, any lost colonies that are rediscovered from the Dark Age of Technology are also incorporated into the Imperium whether they want to be or not. Despite this, a few independent human civilizations civilisations have been known to exist.

The Imperium keeps a tight grip over its planets, yet every now and then a planet does attempt to secede from the Imperium. This may be the result of the [[Planetary Governor]] believing he can get away with independence, or it may be the result of revolution that deposes those in power. Many of these successions are orchestrated by the powers of [[Chaos]], and the humans that are part of it should be counted as the Lost and the Damned, however there are also occasions when a planet decides it wants to be independent of the Imperium through its own volition. Regardless of the cause, these independent realms rarely last long as they are swiftly and brutally subjugated back into the Imperium.

The only independent civilization civilisation with any real sustainability, some humans evade the Imperium's clutches and live outside of its reach in bands of ships existing through raids and piracy. Often allying themselves with [[Eldar]] or other Xenos, these humans are swiftly put down if they are caught by Imperial authorities³.