Homo Potens

Creation and Early History
The Homo Potens were a species of post-humans who were created by the Ashi artificial intelligence in charge of one of multiple orbital complexes capable of cloning augmented human life in order to populate the nearest terrestrial world. Due to damages to Ashi, the Homo Potens were conceived on the desert peninsula of Gost and thus Ashi augmented the human genomes kept in the onboard "Ark"- a genetic library full of human DNA samples such as sperm, eggs, and hair from multiple suitable volunteers. Ashi programmed partial genetic memories into the first generations of the Homo Potens which guided them directly into their own caveman age from birth. This information evolved naturally from basic ideals about their creation into various religions and cultural mythologies within the various tribal societies that formed within the following centuries of exploration and expansion of the species.

Physiology and Anatomy
Homo Potens bore a highly similar anatomy to humans with various exceptions relating to their artificial adaptations to their environment. Homo Potens were built taller, stockier, and stronger than humans on average with marginally enhanced stamina and senses. Homo Potens lacked a number of vestigial organs which formed immediate threats to a human's life such as wisdom teeth and traditional appendixes while other vestigial organs were more devolved for their natural purposes. For instance, a Homo Potens' appendix acted as a small generator of components of their gut biome, providing bacteria to combat stomach disease and parasites when the body was in poor health and the Homo Potens sinuses were connected to the nasal cavity by small tubes which allowed for a slightly sharper sense of smell capable of parsing out certain pungent odors from others such as urea from mildew and ambient humid earth scents from animal musk. Homo Potens also matured faster than humans, reaching full maturity by around the age of 19 rather than around 25 years of age.