Prehistory of Humanity in the Chihazh System
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Humanity settled the Chihazh system approximately 17,000 Galhafan years (c. 12,000 Earth years) before the present time. Little is known of the early settlers. At one time, it was believed on Galhaf that humanity had originated on Khondakh or Zheftakh, but it is now known that humanity originated from beyond the Galhafan stellar system.
Galhaf
Whatever their origin, they divided themselves into five colonies on Galhaf, four located on Odirá and one located on Kraya. For reasons unknown, they soon lost all technology, and these five colonies became the origin of the five main racial groups of Galhafan humanity. Being small in number, they were subject to the founder effect and quickly distinguished themselves as distinct races, though later interbreeding complicated racial divisions.
Over a period of a few millennia, humanity spread out, adopting a paleolithic stone-age lifestyle, and adapting to the local ecology. After about 5500 years (4000 Earth years), agriculture was developed in Kalpan, with southern Sanle following shortly thereafter.
Over time, humanity developed increasingly complex civilizations, until today humanity has begun once more to explore their local stellar system.
Khondakh
Khondakhan humanity faced the hardest fate. They were reduced to a single colony, which, genetic analysis suggests, was reduced to barely 100 individuals. All of their crop species failed to adapt to the planet, and Khondakh itself had few suitable plants. By the time Galhafan humanity made contact with them, they had only just begun their bronze age.
Zheftakh
Zheftakhan humanity seems not to have gone through a paleolithic stage. Though they also lost the original technology of the colonists, they did retain agriculture (perhaps helped by the more stable climate of Zheftakh). The lack of coal or petroleum held their development back to an advanced pre-Industrial level. They were initially divided into three colonies, the descendants of which have, by now, thoroughly intermixed
