I adhere to the common ancestor theory for my alien species.
As a lover of evolutionary biology, I enjoy starting with a common form for all beings and then showing how that form changes or evolves when a being is placed in a different environment. A humanoid living on a wet planet might evolve to have webbed feet, for example.
I also adhere to the common ancestor theory because genetically two species have to be very similar to have viable offspring. I LOVE babies. I want many of my characters to have babies. And, of course, I’m fascinated about how these babies will look and act. Will the baby have his daddy’s wings? Will he have his mommy’s curiosity?
How close genetically do two humanoid species have to be to have viable offspring? Well, if we look at our own human history, our ancestors (homos sapiens) interbred with Neanderthals and the Denisovans, taking traits from both of these species.
See the entire video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdYwMLSNHnU
Knowing this, I do think it is plausible that humanoids with a common ancestor could evolve on two very different planets and still be able to have beautiful babies.
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Doc’s Orders
She wants both sides of her cyborg—the medic AND the beast.
A fully functional cyborg is balanced. His machine half and his organic half work together to produce the perfect warrior.
Doc isn’t fully functional.
The G Model operates at the two extremes. When his machine is in complete control, he’s the logic-driven medic, saving lifespans. Once his organics take charge, he becomes the savage beast…and beings die.
Both sides of Doc want to be the first to claim his female.
Allinen is one of the few beings in her small settlement who wasn’t born with a fated mate. Determined to belong somewhere, she has crafted a plan to leave the planet.
That plan doesn’t involve a huge stormy-eyed male who alternates between cool seduction and out-of-control ravishment. Doc isn’t her fated mate. Allinen knows that. But his dual nature and forbidden embraces tempt her to forget forever and indulge in more immediate delights.
Neither side of Doc views their relationship as being temporary. Her conflicted cyborg is prepared to battle her family, her planet and death itself to keep her.
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