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== Evolution ==
The cava are the descendants of a species of small dromaeosaur that survived the C-P mass extinction 66 million years ago that were isolated on Aurora and Sempiternica. Competition from birds and mammals left few ecological niches to exploit, however a number of arboreal species that had abandoned gliding flight for enhanced climbing ability and dexterity thrived. Known as treeclaws, they led similar lifestyles comparable to the primate ancestors of the human species group.
An omnivorous species of treeclaw entered a trend of rapidly increasing cranial capacity approximately 10-15 Mya, resulting in a range of new species capable of creating and using basic tools and achieving a rudimentary use of fire. This alongside the long-term aridification of Central-East Aurora led to upright bipedalism evolving as a response to the thinning forests and the expanding plains biome as a means of faster locomotion and predator detection. Anatomically modern cava evolved 2 Mya in the [[Ethaln Plains|Ethaln Plain]] and quickly spread to dominate the continent, however without any continuous land bridges to Yasteria at the time they remained geographically isolated.
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