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Author: Thecommander236

Jan 11th 2013 at 3:41:06 PM

Okay, one: The Adeptus Astartes of Warhammer 40K have a zero context example. Try "The Adeptus Astartes, the Traitor Astartes, and Proto-Astartes (AKA Thunder Warriors) are based on the DNA of the Primarchs of their legions (or formal legions for the Astartes since they broke up into Chapters). The Primarchs and the Adeptus Custodes, the guardians of the Emperor, got their DNA came from the Emperor himself. The Marines of all units have secondary hearts, an organ that allows bone to absorb ceramite and grow larger (the ribs merge into overlapping plates), and organ that boosts muscle growth, an implant that controls the last two implants and increases the body's hemoglobin levels, as well as fifteen other implants that help Marines do anything from breathing in poisonous air, low oxygen areas, or water to regulating body temperature to filtering out poison to solidifying blood almost immediately at contact with air. All Marines (except the Thunder Warriors) and the Emperor can theoretically live forever. In the Emperor's case, this may have to do with Shamanism."

For Real life example:

* May people have traits that are genetic throw backs to earlier developments in our evolution. For example, a small number of people are born with small, weak tails at birth. Another small group of people have hair that grows all over their body and develops like fur. For the former, the tail can easily be removed. For the latter, the person has to shave often. The latter could also have lead to reports of Big Foot and it's international counterparts.
* Siamese twins are a case of twins, triplets, etc. being not completely separated at birth. Sometimes this occurs when one of the infants their dying siblings in the womb. Other times each child is alive and sentient. This can lead to tragedy as separating the children may kill one of them, but fore-going the procedure will have them branded as out casts. The degrees of this vary from people have extra digits to extra limbs to extra genitals.