**FAMILY TREE OF MANKIND** __FIRST STAGE__: HOMO PRIMUS (sole ancestral species) __SECOND STAGE__: HOMO SECUNDUS and HOMO HOMUNCULUS (dwarf branch) __THIRD STAGE:__ 1) HOMO SECUNDUS divides into HOMO TERTIUS, HOMO NEANDERTHALIS (Neanderthals) and HOMO UMBROSUS (Old Ones) 2) HOMO HOMUNCULUS divides into HOMO FABER (dwarves) and HOMO PRAVUS (tunnel midgets) __ FOURTH STAGE__ 1) HOMO TERTIUS divides into HOMO SAPIENS (humans), HOMO BREVIOR (halflings) and HOMO MANES (Morlocks) 2) HOMO FABER cross-breeds with NYMPHUS CANDIDUS (Light Elves) to produce HOMO GNOMUS (Gnomes)