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[[Image:GuardsmanArt.jpg|thumb|250px|right|A human [[Guardsman]] of the [[Imperium of Mankind]].]]
[[Image:SeveranSoldier.jpg|thumb|right|A human Soldier of the [[Severan Dominate]].]]
'''Humans''' are one of the primary races in the [[galaxy]], and the one from whose point of view the vast majority of the background is written from. In [[M41]] the majority of humans are part of the [[Imperium of Man]], although other human civilisations are known to exist.
==Human History==
Originally little more then than tree-beasts, humans originated from the planet [[Terra]] and while one with their eco-system ecosystem had no greater role defined for them by the [[Old Ones]], an ancient and powerful race that ruled the [[Galaxy]] in its infancy. However , following the destruction of the Old Ones in the [[War in Heaven (Necron)|War in Heaven]], humans went on to develop in unforeseen and uncontrolled ways as raw uncontrolled evolution took hold.{{Fn|7}} Eventually humans went on to colonize the galaxy during the [[Dark Age of Technology]]. Almost nothing is known about human civilisation in this time, having been lost in the chaos of the [[Age of Strife]]. Most of Humanity's shattered colonies were reunified by the [[Emperor]] during the [[Great Crusade]], becoming the early Imperium.
The recorded history of Humanity can be divided into roughly four periods: