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'''Lupines''' (''Lupin sapiens'' or ''Lycanis lycanis'') are a species of large, bipedal canids characterized by bipedality and large, complex brains enabling the development of advanced tools, culture, and language. Highly social, lupines tend to live in complex social structures composed of many cooperating and competing groups that range from families to political states. Lupines exhibit a wide variety of social norms, values, and rituals that make up lupine society.
Some scientists equate lupines with all members of the genus ''Lupin'', but in common usage it generally applies to ''Lupin sapiens'', the only {{Wp|extant}} member. ''L. sapiens'' emerged approximately 250,000 years ago, evolving from ''Lupin fabriliusor'', gradually replacing local populations of archaic lupines in [[Itur]]. For the vast majority of history, lupines were {{Wp|nomadic}} {{Wp|hunter-gatherers}}. With the beginning of agriculture, nomadic lupines began establishing permanent settlements around 12,000 years ago. At some point, lupines moved out of Itur and established populations on various continents across Urth. As populations increased in size and density, early forms of governance developed and a number of civilizations have risen and fallen.
The Unified Bipedalism Theory suggests that the Lupine group actually share a common ancestor with species such as [[Feline|Felines]], Humans and Tieflings which would put them in the suborder [[Bipedaliforma]]. The Proto-Bipedaliform diverged into the ''Ambidactyliforma'' which out-survived the ''Unidactyliforma''. They diverged into the ''Plantigradidae'' while those that remained digitigrade and hence belonged to the ''Digitigradidae'' group diverged into the ''Lycaniforma'' and ''Gatiforma''. The Lycaniforms then split into the Vulpines of the genus ''Alepis'' and the Lupines of the genus ''Lycanis'' and the species ''Lycanis lycanis''.
Genes and the environment influence lupine biological variation in visible characteristics, physiology, disease susceptibility, mental abilities, body size, and life span. Lupines exhibit genetic variation between males and females. On average, males have greater body strength and females generally have a higher body fat percentage. Females, on average, have a longer life span in almost every population around the world. Gender roles for men and women have varied throughout history and across societies, and challenges to predominant gender norms have recurred in many societies.
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