Creature:Acuman

The acumans, or acumankind, are the predominant race in the Adaisical Technocracy. They possess three eyes, are orange in colouration, and are known for their great intelligence.

Origin
The modern acuman, or trioculos sapien', evolved from a small, pack-based creature known as trioculos pygmy, colloquially referred to as primes. Primes had an edge over the other animals for a number of reasons. Firstly, their third eye, which boasted vastly superior depth perception and clarity in vision, allowed them to see predators from a long way out, giving them time to run. Secondly, what they lacked in size they made up for in wit. The primes were pack animals, living in groups called troops of up to a hundred. About ten or twenty of these would keep an eye (or three) on the nest, protecting it from predators, while the remaining members would forage or hunt for food all day, of course picking off the occasional snack to keep them sated while they worked. Then, at the end of the day, the primes would all enjoy a feast.

This system lead to a surplus of food, allowing the primes to settle in a single location. Unlike other animals, they didn't have to move where their pray did, as they had a large amount of food stored away in case their pray flocked off. This settlement allowed the primes to hone their mental skills, and over several million years, evolving them into a different species altogether, trioculos cardinal, or simply cardinals. The main differences between the cardinals and the primes were subtle, yet important. The cardinal, unlike the prime, was fully bipedal, and as a result much taller and upright. It lacked the long tail that the prime relied on, instead having a much shorter one (albeit less useful), and its upper jaw was positioned further forward than the lower, much like a human being's. This made it easier to consume tougher foods.

The largest difference between the two was intellect. While the primes were comparatively intelligent, the cardinals were borderline-sentient. They began building small structures to protect them from the elements. They also began establishing their nests by rivers, allowing them to have constant access to water. This further impressed the previous notion set into place regarding grounded locations.

Cardinals were the first to use tools. They weren't developed tools, involving semi-complex structures and the use of several simple machines, but they were tools nonetheless. The cardinals would use firm sticks as levers to pry rocks off the ground (in order to eat the insects beneath), and they would use broken bones of their pray as knives for hunting.

The first form of the species to use proper tools was trioculos sapien, or the acumans. They developed stones from sharpened stone, bone, or wood. These tools, though feeble, increased productivity dramatically. Things were done much quicker, cleaner, and reliably, thanks to the advances in technology. The acumans quickly got things done, and within a few hundred years of their evolution to fully-fledged sentients, they were already building small civilisation.

Culture
The acuman race boasts a large amount of relative geniuses, including musical geniuses. Adaisical music is sophisticated and elegant, though many outside of the Adaisical Empire dislike it. Adaisical filmography and art is usually deep, meaningful, and symbolic. Adaisical comedy tends to be sharp, stinging, cold, and extremely witty.

Appearance
The acumans are humanoid, standing at the average man's height. They are covered in thin hair, orange in colouration. Cream-yellow stripes line their sides. They have three eyes; two positioned in a binocular position like primates, and the third slightly higher and centred. They have no nose, and a large, round mouth. Their nails are more like claws, and their feet are large.