Talk:Human/@comment-45234190-20200813104024

In theory given enough time to evolve separately humans would be the best and superior species, it just that our advantages (Such as rapid technological advancement and superior intelligence) takes thousands of years to build up, unlike in other species in this world which would be born with them automatically, such as magical species. Humans are a non-magic species which may seem as a disadvantage but it's the exact reason we would the superior if we evolve without contact. If humans were a magical species there would be a chance we would be the best species, having superior intelligence capacity, but that comes at the cost of inventing the current civilisation we live in today, since this the modern era would be impossible without the weapons that we so much hate.

To Elaborate on this Humans are the species we are today because of our technological advancement, if we had magic we would probably still be living in a feudal medieval society since the very weapons that have caused mass destruction is the reason we have evolved in this path. If humans were magical the strongest magic users would be the Emperor's inner circle which would be more powerful than any other magic user in the Kingdom, furthermore to become a magic user you would have to be loyal to the Kingdom so the chance of revolt would be tiny.

Other species such as elves and vampires are magical species that evolved from humans, but these both have physical differences which would require some areas to devolve in order to compensate, such as the brain causing non-human species to have smaller brains compared to humans. A elf is short therefore burns through more heat and food quickly, the brain requires a lot of food so it has to shrink in order to compensate or the elf wouldn't be able to fight since it would be trying to survive by eating all day. This isn't saying that they would be braindead it's just saying humans would have superior intelligence.

And if we evolved in isolation all species would reach their full potential, but the full potential of humans is far greater than any other species. An industrial elven kingdom or vampire empire cannot hope to stand up to a intergalactic human civilisation which would have the potential to vaporise them and their planet.

TLDR; Humans would be the superior species if all species evolved separately in isolation.