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--- history:prehistory:start [2024/01/23 23:05] – shyriath
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 ====== Prehistory ======
-**Prehistory** covers the entire period up to the invention of writing on [[Avishraa:]]. In this section only, dates are given in //[[concept:timekeeping#cycle|cycles]] before present// (CBP).
+**Prehistory** covers the entire period up to the invention of writing on [[universe:mikurmiya:Avishraa]]. In this section only, dates are given in //[[concept:timekeeping#cycle|cycles]] before present// (CBP).
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+<dwtimeline title="In the beginning...">
 <milestone title="~850 million CBP" description="A star is born">
-The star [[universe:Mikurmiya:]] ignites, having formed from a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_cloud|molecular cloud]] then located in [[universe:seluurins_palace|Seluurin's Palace]]. Its planets form and attain their present positions over the next million cycles, including [[universe:mikurmiya:Kastun]] and its largest moon, [[Avishraa:]].
+The star [[universe:Mikurmiya:]] ignites, having formed from a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_cloud|molecular cloud]] then located in [[universe:seluurins_palace|Seluurin's Palace]]. Its planets form and attain their present positions over the next million cycles, including [[universe:mikurmiya:Kastun]] and its largest moon, [[universe:mikurmiya:avishraa]].
 </milestone>
 <milestone title="~740 million CBP" description="Oceans">
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 <milestone title="~78 thousand CBP" description="Bipedalism">
-Takmid necks had shortened considerably from those of their proto-takmoid ancestors, leaving them unable to see over tall grass or obstructions. It appears to be for this reason that, about this time, the takmids develop the ability to stand on their hind legs for long periods, and to evolve enough flexibility in their forepaws to hold onto low branches and other supports. Regardless, takmids at this stage cannot walk upright and keep their balance; they travel on all fours. Ancestral takmids possess at least two basic [[takma:scales-and-coloration|scale types]]: massive and cavitated.
+Takmid necks had shortened considerably from those of their proto-takmoid ancestors, leaving them unable to see over tall grass or obstructions. It appears to be for this reason that, about this time, the takmids develop the ability to stand on their hind legs for long periods, and to evolve enough flexibility in their forepaws to hold onto low branches and other supports. Regardless, takmids at this stage cannot walk upright and keep their balance; they travel on all fours. Ancestral takmids possess at least two basic [[takma:scales_and_coloration|scale types]]: massive and cavitated.
 </milestone>
 <milestone title="~74 thousand CBP" description="Sundering of the takmids">
-At the time bipedalism appeared, the takmids had already begun to diverge into separate populations, separated by mountains. The tendency developed more fully in those residing in the [[place:avishraa:Sea of Grass]], but for those in what is now the [[avishraa:place:Brightness]], an alternation between bipedal and quadripedal stances became the norm. By this time, the two groups have fully separated, and are known as the [[species:clade:dvidalin|dvidalins]] and [[species:clade:takmin|takmins]] respectively.
+At the time bipedalism appeared, the takmids had already begun to diverge into separate populations, separated by mountains. The tendency developed more fully in those residing in the [[geography:sekhaa:region:Sea of Grass]], but for those in what is now the [[geography:sekhaa:region:brightness]], an alternation between bipedal and quadripedal stances became the norm. By this time, the two groups have fully separated, and are known as the [[species:clade:dvidalin|dvidalins]] and [[species:clade:takmin|takmins]] respectively.
 </milestone>
 <milestone title="~52 thousand CBP" description="Scale replacement">
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 </milestone>
 <milestone title="~15 thousand CBP" description="Migration">
-With their habitat continuing to shrink, the proto-takmar begin to strike out from the river valleys and oases they have been inhabiting. While some of them are able to join the proto-xtauh, with whom interbreeding is still possible, others migrate through the somewhat more hospitable foothills of the [[avishraa:place:Spine of Sirdanth]]. While there are already other proto-takmar living here, it provides a useful corridor to other lands, and bands of proto-takmar use it to go around or through the mountains toward the foothills on the southern side. Over several subsequent waves of migration, the [[avishraa:place:Cerulean Tangle]] is also colonized.
+With their habitat continuing to shrink, the proto-takmar begin to strike out from the river valleys and oases they have been inhabiting. While some of them are able to join the proto-xtauh, with whom interbreeding is still possible, others migrate through the somewhat more hospitable foothills of the [[geography:sekhaa:region:spine_of_sirdanth]]. While there are already other proto-takmar living here, it provides a useful corridor to other lands, and bands of proto-takmar use it to go around or through the mountains toward the foothills on the southern side. Over several subsequent waves of migration, the [[geography:sekhaa:region:cerulean_tangle]] is also colonized.
 </milestone>
 <milestone title="~9 thousand CBP" description="Separation and assimilation">
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 Spongiform scales become prevalent in a large percentage of the takma species, especially among the ancestors of the [[takma:start#variations|lowland]] races.
 </milestone>
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+</dwtimeline title="Ancient Era">
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