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Pak Breeders and Pak Protectors are two developmental stages of fictional life in Larry Niven's Known Space universe. [1]

34 relations: Abundance of elements in Earth's crust, Betrayer of Worlds, Book of Genesis, Cantaloupe, Coconut, Destroyer of Worlds (novel), Edward M. Lerner, Femoral vein, Fiction, Fleet of Worlds, Fossil, Galaxy, Genocide, Heterochrony, Hominids of the Ringworld, Homo habilis, Homo sapiens, Known Space, Larry Niven, Martian, Moment (physics), Pak Protector, Pierson's Puppeteers, Primate, Protector (novel), Ringworld, Ringworld's Children, Skull, Symbiosis, Thallium oxide, The Ringworld Engineers, The Ringworld Throne, Thought experiment, Tree of life.

Abundance of elements in Earth's crust

The abundance of elements in Earth's crust is shown in tabulated form with the estimated crustal abundance for each chemical element shown as either percentage or parts per million (ppm) by mass (10,000 ppm.

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Betrayer of Worlds

Betrayer of Worlds is a science fiction novel by American writers Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner, set in the Known Space series.

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Book of Genesis

The Book of Genesis (from the Latin Vulgate, in turn borrowed or transliterated from Greek "", meaning "Origin"; בְּרֵאשִׁית, "Bərēšīṯ", "In beginning") is the first book of the Hebrew Bible (the Tanakh) and the Old Testament.

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Cantaloupe

Cantaloupe (muskmelon, mushmelon, rockmelon, sweet melon) or spanspek (South Africa) is a variety of the Cucumis melo species in the Cucurbitaceae family.

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Coconut

The coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the family Arecaceae (palm family) and the only species of the genus Cocos.

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Destroyer of Worlds (novel)

Destroyer of Worlds is a science fiction novel by American writer Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner, set in the Known Space series.

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Edward M. Lerner

Edward M. Lerner (born 1949) is an American author of science fiction, techno-thrillers, and popular science.

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Femoral vein

In the human body, the femoral vein is a blood vessel that accompanies the femoral artery in the femoral sheath.

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Fiction

Fiction is any story or setting that is derived from imagination—in other words, not based strictly on history or fact.

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Fleet of Worlds

Fleet of Worlds is a science fiction novel by American writers Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner, part of Niven's Known Space series.

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Fossil

A fossil (from Classical Latin fossilis; literally, "obtained by digging") is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.

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Galaxy

A galaxy is a gravitationally bound system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter.

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Genocide

Genocide is intentional action to destroy a people (usually defined as an ethnic, national, racial, or religious group) in whole or in part.

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Heterochrony

In evolutionary developmental biology, heterochrony is a developmental change in the timing or rate of events, leading to changes in size and shape.

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Hominids of the Ringworld

The Hominids of the Ringworld, like the humans of Larry Niven's other works about the Known Space fictional universe, are descendants of the species called the Pak, whose "breeder" stage resembled Homo habilis, and who utilize a symbiotic virus (which grows inside a plant called Tree-of-Life) to then develop into a hyper-intelligent Protector stage.

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Homo habilis

Homo habilis was a species of early humans, who lived between roughly 2.1 and 1.5 million years ago.

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Homo sapiens

Homo sapiens is the systematic name used in taxonomy (also known as binomial nomenclature) for the only extant human species.

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Known Space

Known Space is the fictional setting of about a dozen science fiction novels and several collections of short stories written by Larry Niven.

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Larry Niven

Laurence van Cott Niven (born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer.

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Martian

A Martian is a native inhabitant of the planet Mars.

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Moment (physics)

In physics, a moment is an expression involving the product of a distance and a physical quantity, and in this way it accounts for how the physical quantity is located or arranged.

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Pak Protector

Pak Breeders and Pak Protectors are two developmental stages of fictional life in Larry Niven's Known Space universe.

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Pierson's Puppeteers

Pierson's Puppeteers, often known just as Puppeteers, are a fictional alien race from American author Larry Niven's Known Space books.

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Primate

A primate is a mammal of the order Primates (Latin: "prime, first rank").

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Protector (novel)

Protector is a 1973 science fiction novel by American writer Larry Niven, set in his Known Space universe.

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Ringworld

Ringworld is a 1970 science fiction novel by Larry Niven, set in his Known Space universe and considered a classic of science fiction literature.

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Ringworld's Children

Ringworld's Children is a 2004 science fiction novel by American writer Larry Niven, the fourth in the Ringworld series set in the Known Space universe.

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Skull

The skull is a bony structure that forms the head in vertebrates.

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Symbiosis

Symbiosis (from Greek συμβίωσις "living together", from σύν "together" and βίωσις "living") is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two different biological organisms, be it mutualistic, commensalistic, or parasitic.

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Thallium oxide

Thallium has several oxides.

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The Ringworld Engineers

The Ringworld Engineers is a 1980 science fiction novel by American writer Larry Niven.

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The Ringworld Throne

The Ringworld Throne is a science fiction novel by American writer Larry Niven, first published in 1996.

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Thought experiment

A thought experiment (Gedankenexperiment, Gedanken-Experiment or Gedankenerfahrung) considers some hypothesis, theory, or principle for the purpose of thinking through its consequences.

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Tree of life

The tree of life is a widespread myth (mytheme) or archetype in the world's mythologies, related to the concept of sacred tree more generally,Giovino, Mariana (2007).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pak_Protector

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