Editing Human

[[File:Human.jpg|350px|thumb|A typical human.]]

'''Humans''' (also known as: fleshlings, organics, meatbags, insects, squishies, noisy creatures, "puny flesh creatures", "dumb [[stubbie]]s", "little screamers", "bit players", ''Terrans'' or ''Homo sapiens'' as they prefer) are bipedal and usually tiny {{w|Carbon-based life|organic}} beings found on [[Earth]] and other similar planets. Though quite fragile, and technologically backwards, they have at times aided the [[Autobot]]s and thwarted the [[Decepticon]]s once the [[Transformer]]s' age-old war spilled onto the humans' primitive homeworld. [[Movie continuity|And]] [[Aligned continuity family|sometimes]], they're the spawn of [[Unicron/Aligned|Unicron]].

{{quote|They're such undependable creatures. Inferior lifeforms.|[[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] on the humans|"[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1]]"}}

==Overview==
===Physiology===
{{quote|Humans are disgusting creatures, but worthy of study, if just to find a better way of destroying them.|[[Quintesson]] scientist|''[[The Killing Jar (episode)|The Killing Jar]]''}}
[[File:Humansize.jpg|left|thumb|Humans come in both Tall and Venti.]]
Humans are suspiciously familiar creatures. Though they are made of soft, organic materials, they share remarkable physical similarities with Transformers as a species. Most Transformers and humans walk upright on two long legs attached to a tall body, with two limbs attached at the shoulders. At the shoulders is the head, just like a Transformer's, which sports two eyes in the center at equal distance from the olfactory sensor array, above a mouth which opens for speaking and for ingesting energy. Aside from energy, they also ingest raw materials that they use in their self repair systems. This would seem to be a sensible system, as these materials can be stored anywhere in their bodies, to be used later when and if necessary. Like Transformers, they are social creatures, who trade and barter wares and develop emotional attachments to peers. Eerily enough, they possess an emotional spectrum nearly identical to that of Transformers as well, ranging from laughter, joy, and satisfaction to depression, anger, and cruelty. It is not uncommon to find Transformers who have even developed [[Transformer romance|strong spiritual bonds]] with individual creatures. This is disgusting.

Humans are physically composed of several specialized units or systems called organs. The major organs are internalized, but extremely frail. Damage is hard to repair, and as they have yet to develop an efficient method of replicating these organs, replacement usually requires harvesting from compatible humans. Major systems include the {{w|brain}} (central processing unit, data storage), the {{w|heart}} ([[Fuel pump]]), and the {{w|lung}}s (fuel tank). Over sixty percent of their makeup is water, though they are not primarily aquatic in nature. Humans run on two types of fuel: gaseous oxygen, which is absorbed from their surroundings, and the chemical {{w|glucose}}, which is refined from ingested organic matter. Both are required by every organ in their body and an elaborate transport system utilizing a liquid known as {{w|blood}} is required to transport them throughout. Though blood is, in some sense, self-replicating, a tremendous loss of the liquid will result in permanent deactivation. Oxygen is equally required, and if deprived of oxygen for long enough, they run the risk of suffering major processor damage or permanent deactivation.

[[File:Sariprime.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Optimus Prime learns of human reproduction.]]
A human's organic tissue will begin failing just one quarter into their lifespan, and will spend the next three quarters growing ever less efficient until the human's lifeforce can no longer sustain itself. As a result, humans are saddeningly short-lived creatures. (It is not known how they find the time to accomplish anything, though as a side effect it has made their wars mercifully short.) Interestingly, humans do not build new members of their race. To the contrary, humans partake in what they call {{w|sexual reproduction}}:  in keeping with their categorizing method of {{w|sexual dimorphism|sexual dimorphism}}, those with one subvariant of their reproductive anatomy implant structural data, which they call "DNA" (suspiciously similar to [[CNA]]), into those with the other. This process grows a new human (or occasionally more than one, although this is rare) inside the host like a {{w|gestation|parasite}} until it emerges roughly three quarters of an Earth year later. (If it exits the host too early, the new human risks death.) The new human is very fragile and stupid; it will take years to acclimate itself to their society. Even a young human who stayed inside its host for the appropriate length of time is not capable of operating self-sufficiently without extensive training. Despite this limited intelligence and understanding (or perhaps as a result of it), younger humans are often among the first to form bonds with friendly Transformers. 

Occasionally, Cybertronian science has been able to exploit the adaptable nature of human physiology in the [[Binary_bond|binary bonding process]]. Even though this may confer tactical advantages in battle, the chief disadvantage is the continual vulnerability incurred by maintenance of a squishy and typically uncooperative human co-partner. [[Afterdeath!#Quotes|Careful: they're slimy]].

[[File:Wolverinemanmachine.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Some humans claim to inhabit dubiously-named places such as "Claw City."]]

Initiating the growth of a new human apparently involves much rubbing, and also [[kiss]]ing. Though the required interactions have been hinted at in [[As the Kitchen Sinks|popular media]], humans are reticent to discussing the physical mechanism, and several attempts at accumulating further data were met with what they term as "awkward silence". This is quite confusing, as humans generally give the impression that they supremely enjoy it, and have refused all suggestions that they learn the technology to build their own from spare parts. Nothing if not adaptable, humans are even capable of producing hybrid offspring with populations of sufficiently humanoid [[alien]]s, such as [[Vulcan]]s.

Similar to Transformer [[Outlier (group)|outliers]], a small number of humans are born or gifted with fantastical abilities far beyond what one would expect a human body to be capable, such as telepathy, unaided flight, or accelerated healing. These super-powered beings, sometimes referred to as "[[mutant (human)|mutants]]", often assemble themselves in groups and fight crime.

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===Technology===
{{quote|How much did technology progress much [sic] during the four million years that Autobots and Decepticons slumbered beneath a volcano on Earth? And then consider the scant three decades following their revival. [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s, [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmasters]], [[Pretender]]s, Scramble City [[Combiner]]s, [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s, [[transfixatron]]s, [[immobilizer]]s, [[warp gate]]s... and then ask yourself again, how might humans outstrip my race.|[[Vector Prime]]|[[Ask Vector Prime]]}}

[[File:Humansmall.jpg|left|thumb|The humans of Earth wear [[hard hat]]s regardless of their profession.]]
Although Earth is rich with natural resources, Human technology is surprisingly primitive. They had only begun to experiment with outer atmosphere travel at the time the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] (or another such first contact event) began on Earth, and they have limited communication methods. Although their locomotive devices, called "cars", are suitable for [[alternate mode]]s, they are quite crude, potentially dangerous, and incredibly energy inefficient. Despite this, the type of car is often seen as a status symbol among humans; apparently the larger the car, the more status achieved. Some humans claim that those with large cars are "compensating" for some other sort of size deficiency—unsurprising, considering how tiny humans are compared to the average Transformer.  However, one [[Chumley|human]] was able to develop advanced technology to capture and torture Transformers. {{storylink|Prime Target (episode)|Prime Target}}

Human military technology is equally unimpressive. They have yet to develop any form of workable energy weapons, and no shield technology either. Their primary weapons are devices called "guns", which shoot small, metallic projectiles called "bullets" using a crude explosive called "[[Dragon's Bane|gunpowder]]". These are more than capable of killing other humans, but they are extremely inefficient when fending off any attacking Decepticons. Their warhead weapons are slightly more efficient, though extremely primitive when compared to Autobot [[Photon rifle|photon]] and [[Plasma cannon|plasma]] weapons.

[[File:Intersectionality humans.jpg|thumb|One possible future outcome for human civilization.]]
In some universes humans have developed weaponry that is actually rather effective against a Transformer. In one universe, the humans used kinetic projectiles called "{{w|Sabot (firearms)|Sabot rounds}}" that employ an incredibly high heat to burn through [[Decepticon]] [[Armor-plating|armour]] and then detonate in the more vulnerable innards. A sufficient volley of these in the right places can bring down a fairly large Decepticon almost as effectively as Cybertronian cannons. The humans combine these with one advantage of their small size: hiding, taking cover in buildings or behind other obstacles then popping up to fire a few rounds before hiding and relocating before firing again.

In a rare achievement for this life form, humans have created perhaps the most advanced storage medium in the known universe—the [[floppy disk]]. Though ostensibly archaic, these devices can surprisingly hold immense amounts of data, ranging from [[Roll for It|advanced super-weapon formulae]] to [[Afterdeath!#Other trivia|the multi-million-year-old mind of a Cybertronian]] with perfect fidelity.

In other universes, humans have developed technology almost on par with the Transformers after reverse-engineering Cybertronian biology and technology. These developments can range anywhere from simple suits of powered armour to full-fledged, Earth-born Transformers. Humans have also been known to upgrade themselves with technology, thus becoming cyborgs. [[Primax 215.19 Epsilon|In one notable universe]], humans reached the [[Terran Singularity]] - aping, perfecting, and then eventually outstripping the technological achievements of Cybertronians- and reorganized themselves into the interplanetary [[Human Confederacy]]. The humans of this particular universe however eventually descended into brutal civil wars, heralding a dark age for their species.

===Military===
In general, human militaries are not a match for Transformer technologies. Even the smallest of countries have armed humans organised into armies, and the size of the army does not necessarily equate to strength or weakness. The wealthiest human nations often make heavy use of technological advancements as soon as they become available and so a comparatively small but wealthy nation can be far more powerful militarily compared to a nation with a larger but less well-equipped army. 

As mentioned earlier, most human weapons are ineffective against Transformers. However, human technology is always advancing, and there have been occasions that human weapons are [[Rail gun|potent enough to be desirable even by Decepticon standards!]] 

In addition, humans throughout the multiverse have often organised their most elite troops into special units. While some of these units [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|are worse than ineffective]], others are [[G.I. Joe (team)|capable]] [[Action Force (team)|enough]] to actively stand against Transformers with some measure of success.

===Society===
[[File:AngryArcher01.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|left|Humans require tokens representative of energy, and are not above humiliating themselves to retrieve them.]]
Like on Cybertron before the war, humans make up the fabric of their local (or global) economies. Some work as repairmen, some are drillers in search of [[Oil|un-processed lubricants]], others are retrievers of [[ruby crystal mines of Burma|rare mineral lattices and metals]], and [[Sparkplug Witwicky| a few]] accomplish all of these simultaneously. The humans strangely use the majority of the lubricant they extract as a highly inefficient source of energy, and adorn themselves with the harvested minerals and metals at exorbitant prices. Apparently the humans reason that because these objects are rare, they are incredibly beautiful, and therefore worth vastly more resources than were spent extracting and refining them. Instead of trading [[Energon|valuable energy]] directly for goods and services, a small piece of lumbered and processed plantgrowth is exchanged. This plantgrowth represents energy abstractly, and its worth is assumed on good faith, though it is usually backed up by various metals and crystals of economic value. 

A number of unsavory humans subvert this established system to illegally or immorally obtain these plantgrowths. Many of these humans were involved in unusual accidents which empowered the individual specimen to levels above ordinary humans, while others are tempted by their relatively high intelligence levels or capacity for selfish acts. Encounters with these subversive humans happen at an alarming rate, whether they be [[Donny Finkleberg|failed entertainers who claim to own all Transformers]], [[Doctor Arkeville|mad scientists]], or [[Angry Archer|gifted archers who dress in homage to Earth folklore]]. By sheer numbers, these humans must represent half of the known population. Sometimes, these sorts will organize into groups of like-minded rogues; much like their military, these gangs can range from [[Society of Ultimate Villainy|generally ineffectual]] to [[MECH|surprisingly dangerous]].

Politically, humans are divided among various nation-states which seem to be divided primarily among ethnic, linguistic, and religious differences. On occasion, these nation-states will engage in conflict over territory and resources, but as previously stated, their wars are usually quite short ([[World War III|one war]], however, proved so long and brutal that the Transformers felt Earth was too dangerous to remain). Most humans seem to prefer some sort of [[democracy]] where they elect individuals to govern and legislate their nation-states, although a number of them choose their leaders due to genetic inheritance and [[Dynasty of Primes|familial succession]]; others still hold power through a Decepticon-style dictatorship, though the mental stability of [[Abdul Fakkadi (G1)|a few]] have been questioned. At times, the Decepticons have taken advantage of Earth's factional tendencies to manipulate them to their advantage, but the Autobots have usually managed to expose the Decepticon influence before a full-scale military conflict occurs.

In those rare universes where humans achieve interplanetary travel, the divisions of their nation states seem to have been largely, if not totally, dissolved. In such worlds, humans tend to adopt a peaceful and diplomatic approach with regards to their interactions with alien species, setting embassies [[Cygnus Seven|on other worlds]] or signing [[Treaty of Prysmos|interstellar peace treaties]].

Humans have created many languages, which they employ incessantly. These serve a similar communicative purpose to [[Cybertronian_languages|languages used by Cybertronians]]. Amazingly, while it seems to be easy for Cybertronians to effortlessly acquire fluency in human languages with minimal human contact, Cybertronian linguistic units often remain unpronounceable by humans.

[[File:DancitronGang.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Humans come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors.]]
Humans greatly enjoy sound patterns, termed "music". The Autobots [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] have taken a particular interest in this music, though the chosen volume has overwhelmed most other Autobots, including the mighty [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] from time to time. Humans have often shown an involuntary need to move about when music is broadcast, and even the aforementioned Autobots have also shown a desire to move about. Presumably, a fear of blowback prevented the Autobots from utilizing human music as a weapon against the Decepticons.

Humans are also athletic creatures, engaging in a variety of athletic events that are designed to test their strength, stamina, and speed. While none of them could hold their own against even the weakest Transformer, many human sports have been eagerly adopted by Transformers. The Autobot [[Eject (G1)|Eject]] is particularly fond of human athletics, and his vocabulary is littered with the human sports quotes.

Humans also enjoy watching moving images, termed "[[Film]]s". Transformers also enjoy making and watching these films. Transformers have even [[Monster from Mars|appeared]] [[Attack of the Alien Robots|in]] [[The Transformers: The Movie (fictional)|some]] [[Transformers (film)|films]] [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|made]] [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|by]] [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|human]] [[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|beings]].
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Similar to Transformers, humans are a {{w|Gender|gendered}} species, with {{w|Non-bimary gender|at least}} two known genders, the most commonly-encountered being male humans, while the other common gender, female humans, much like [[Female Transformer|female Transformers]], tend to appear less frequently in the Transformers' adventures, though they seem to have a much closer gender ratio than the 1:12 Transformers are sometimes shown to have.<ref>[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus]]</ref> Also like Transformers, human gender is not fixed, although {{w|Transgender|transgender}} humans have not thus far been explicitly depicted in ''Transformers'' fiction, unlike the numerous [[Howlback (G1)|trans]][[Arcee (Energon)|gen]][[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|der]] [[Anode|Trans]][[Lug (IDW)|formers]] seen across the franchise).

===Religion===
{{quote|'''''PARASITES!!!'''''|[[Unicron/Aligned|Unicron]] on his progeny|"[[One Shall Rise, Part 1]]"}}
[[File:Deusexmachina-statue.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Common human depictions of gods incorporate long flowing [[facial hair]], staffs and other kingly apparel.]]
Despite their lack of the multi-dimensional transwarp [[Spark]], a great number of humans believe in an analogous concept, the intangible [[soul]]. This has been confirmed to be the equivalent of a Transformer's personality program in an odd experiment, when the human [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]'s personality was uploaded to [[Autobot X (G1)|an empty Transformer body cobbled together from spare parts]]. The human's consciousness was not suitable for digitization, and quickly deteriorated toward psychosis.

Many also believe in supernatural beings, either [[God|singular]] or [[:Category:Gods|plural]], who have a direct but intangible stake in their lives. Once a week the more religious humans will gather together and sing songs at the ceiling, as the presumed direction of these beings is away from the gravity well of their planet. Unlike the historical [[Covenant of Primus|Covenant]] of [[Primus]], their holy books are not incorruptible encrypted public-key [[datatrax]]. Instead, they frequently re-encode the writings of multiple authors in an inefficient and apparently lossy process. Then they fight about which "translation" of their texts is correct instead of simply downloading the original encoding algorithm.

The [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|few sources available]] claim that their [[Unicron/Aligned|progenitor/planet]] (whom they either descended from or simply formed upon its body) is quite at odds with their traditions, and is apparently totally displeased with their existence. However, the same sources have shown that ancient humans may have revered artifacts once belonging to the [[Thirteen]], immensely powerful quasi-divine beings from Cybertron's ancient past, but ultimately as mortal as any other Transformer. Their understanding of the artifacts was incredibly limited, making their reverence of them quite puzzling. [[Thor|One other human deity]] was also shown to have been nothing more than a traveller from another world.

===Breeding grounds===
The most familiar breed of humans are native to the planet Earth, though they can be found practically anywhere in the galaxy. For example, [[Nebulos]] is such a place, though some reports claim these humans are of a green palette rather than various shades of beige & brown. [[Femax]] is populated by humans of Transformer size. [[Pz-Zazz]] is also home to Transformer-sized humans, but it is not known whether they are indigenous to that world. It is possible that the tiny version of humans found on Earth is the exception, rather than the rule. In timelines where humans have the capability of interstellar flight, they have been known to establish colonies of their own, continuing to breed on those worlds.

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==Notes==
*For reasons unknown, a substantial number of human Transformers [[Fandom|fans]] appear to have a very drastic, dismissive position when it comes to the inclusion of representatives of their species in Transformers fiction, some even going as far as demanding that Transformers fiction should be devoid of ''any'' flesh creatures whatsoever, unless being depicted as helpless victims/casualties of Decepticon attacks. 
*Perhaps most bizarrely, humans can hear the trans-sonic signal known as the [[Omega Frequency]], emitted by the [[Omega Lock]] and other sources of Primus's power, while Transformers cannot.
*Humans reproduce by shooting DNA into each other. [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|I find that offensive!]]
*According to [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]], a certain percentage of human physiology is composed of cowardice. This proportion increases directly according to the size of the individual. {{storylink|Pretender to the Throne!|Pretender to the Throne!}}
*In some universes, Transformers have come into contact with humans with strange and unusual powers. These so-called "superhumans" have been known to organise themselves into teams, sometimes [[Neo-Knights|specifically to]] [[Society of Ultimate Villainy|battle Transformers]] or to protect (or even [[Avengers|avenge]]) their less gifted fellows. [[Spider-Man|One]] such individual once managed to topple the mighty Megatron himself during a fight. While it was at best a temporary victory, it was still impressive. Even more impressive, another [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|superhuman]] once made [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] himself recoil in pain, a feat even the combined might of the Autobot and Decepticon armies were unable to pull off. And concerning the wider [[Megaverse]], groups of humans have been known to be related to the Transformers, including a [[G.I. Joe (team)|highly-trained special mission force]] employed by the US government to stop [[Cobra|terrorist organizations]], a [[M.A.S.K.|team of specialists equipped with advanced helmets and multi-function vehicles]], and a [[Animorph|group of humans and one alien imbued with the power of shape-shifting]] fighting against a [[Yeerk|race of mind-controlling alien slugs]] attempting to conquer Earth.
*Of all the species that [[Vector Prime]] has ever encountered, humans have asked the most questions. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

==External links==
*{{w|Human}}s like to write about themselves. This, too, erupts into war.
*{{i|Human|Humans}} on the IDW Hasbro Wiki

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