Beak Dog raws
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And according to Toady, they're velociraptors. Similar or identical raw structure only means they follow the same basic bodyplan. It confers or denies no other traits.
I suppose he did it for convenience sake, but veliciraptors are not typically described as humanoid. If this were the case then all birds would be considered humanoid. Besides that they lack the 5 fingers/toes in the the human/dwarf raws.
Also, do dwarven women have chest hair? I'm thinking a Y shaped tuft of soft thick red hair between the twins
And now it really starts. What's holding them back from being completely covered in fur? Nothing according to you people. There's a reason we've kept longer hair on our heads
It's looking like the "with beard" view is winning at this point, with 51 %.
Oh, and Artyr, if you want the explanation of evolution that I can muster, it would be a massive wall of text. Massive. The fact that I can tell you that the change from ape to dwarf would be a slow transition with very small changes throughout hundreds or even thousands of generations should be enough. But I could be extremely detailed, if you are really sure you wanted it.
It probably won't be that long. Again you assume that's I'm some moronic internet goer with the attention span of a few sentences. I've read essays, books even, on the subject, and in fact, I'm thinking of writing an essay on “The Origin of Dwarfkind” just for some fun. So let us see this theory on why dwarves are almost exactly like humans, except they're short, stout, and the females are somehow bearded despite the fact, among other things.