[ WP ] The first extraterrestrial lifeforms found by Humans , are Humans .

We did not expect to find them. Outside of the Earth, the universe was long believed void of intelligent species. 
 
 They did n't call themselves human, and they did n't speak a language we were familiar with, but biologically they were identical to us. What differentiated them was their mainstream adoption of cybernetic and robotic'enhancements'; technology banned for millennia on Earth. It gave them, amongst other things, hugely extended life expectancies. We never saw a child, it seemed they had no need for them. We christened them NuHuman. 
 
 
 How they had come to exist was a puzzle. Two theories were brought forward to me by Richardson, our science officer, when we made contact. 
 
 The first postulated that they were a forgotten colony sent from Earth during the golden age of exploration. Records destroyed or lost, combined with a possible communications failure on board their colonial ship. But as we slowly learned about their rich and ancient history and witnessed incredible technology, the less plausible this seemed. 
 
 As ancient as their culture was, there were inconsistencies -- suggestions that they had not been on this planet for their entire span. Yet if they had not come from Earth, then from where? 
 
 The second theory was that the only highly intelligent species that could ever exist, on any planet, would be akin to humanity. That we are the zenith of a universal evolutionary process. 
 
 A third theory was mentioned in the shadows by terrified crewmen. That these creatures created **humanity**, for some nefarious purpose. That we are some kind of colony of theirs. I did not listen to these ravings, and I regret that now. 
 
 Our mission, that had brought us to Alpha Centauri Bb, had been to lay a second Mirror Gate so that instantaneous travel between here and the Sol system would be possible. It would make future colonisation of the system relatively quick. 
 
 If only we had destroyed the Gate as soon as we encountered them! 
 
 My crew is now dead and I fear humanity will soon follow them. I am alone with just my thoughts and regrets for company; a spine and brain, kept alive by technology I wish did not exist. I am to be alone on this planet for eternity. I am both a warning and a trophy. 
 
 They are hunters. They are the first and the only true species of humanity. Their hearts are blacker than the void. The evil in some humans on Earth is just a shadow, a remembrance, of these creatures. 
 
 They lay seeds throughout the galaxy and when the seeds sprout into trees, they come to chop them down for firewood.
