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== History == | == History == | ||
=== Silurian Dominance === | === Silurian Dominance === | ||
During a period of tectonic upheaval, deteriorating conditions on the [[land]] forced some Silurians to spend more time [[feeding]] and [[breeding]] in the [[sea]] until it became their sole [[habitat]], becoming the [[Sea Devil]] [[subspecies]]. The Sea Devils followed a similar [[evolutionary path]] to [[turtle]]s, developing [[beak]]s and [[nostril]]s to [[breathe]] out of the [[water]], while their [[Silurian crest]]s became, through a [[process]] of [[exaptation]], [[gill arches]] situated at the rear of the [[head]]. Their [[eye]]s shifted to the sides of their [[head]]s as another aquatic adaptation, while their claws became dexterous webbed [[hand]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Monster Vault (novel)}}) The Sea Devils came to co-exist with the land-based Silurians, with a [[time traveller's diary]] recording that the two [[Earth Reptile]] species signed a [[peace deal]] on [[28 January]] | According to one account, the [[Silurian]]s first emerged on Earth around [[BC|350,000,000 BC]], when the planet was "a world of [[carboniferous]] [[tropical]] [[jungle]]s and [[swamp]]s". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Monster Vault (novel)}}) | ||
During a period of tectonic upheaval, deteriorating conditions on the [[land]] forced some Silurians to spend more time [[feeding]] and [[breeding]] in the [[sea]] until it became their sole [[habitat]], becoming the [[Sea Devil]] [[subspecies]]. The Sea Devils followed a similar [[evolutionary path]] to [[turtle]]s, developing [[beak]]s and [[nostril]]s to [[breathe]] out of the [[water]], while their [[Silurian crest]]s became, through a [[process]] of [[exaptation]], [[gill arches]] situated at the rear of the [[head]]. Their [[eye]]s shifted to the sides of their [[head]]s as another aquatic adaptation, while their claws became dexterous webbed [[hand]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Monster Vault (novel)}}) The Sea Devils came to co-exist with the land-based Silurians, with a [[time traveller's diary]] recording that the two [[Earth Reptile]] species signed a [[peace deal]] on [[28 January]] 425,000,000 BC. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}}) Just as the Silurians did, the Sea Devils ruled the Earth when [[human]]ity's [[ancestor]]s were [[ape]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Sea Devils (TV story)}}) | |||
Both the Silurian and Sea Devil races were led by the [[Triad]], their "custodians". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Warriors of the Deep (TV story)}}) While [[Marsissus|one Sea Devil chief]], whom the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] wrote off as a [[zealot]], claimed the Earth had been covered "in glorious [[aqua]]" during the age of his kind, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Legend of the Sea Devils (TV story)}}) the Sea Devils and Silurians lived alongside each other, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Warriors of the Deep (TV story)}}) with the Silurians ruling over warm landmasses ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Blood Heat (novel)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Hungry Earth (TV story)}}) while their underwater cousins lived within the [[sea]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Warriors of the Deep (TV story)}}) | Both the Silurian and Sea Devil races were led by the [[Triad]], their "custodians". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Warriors of the Deep (TV story)}}) While [[Marsissus|one Sea Devil chief]], whom the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] wrote off as a [[zealot]], claimed the Earth had been covered "in glorious [[aqua]]" during the age of his kind, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Legend of the Sea Devils (TV story)}}) the Sea Devils and Silurians lived alongside each other, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Warriors of the Deep (TV story)}}) with the Silurians ruling over warm landmasses ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Blood Heat (novel)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Hungry Earth (TV story)}}) while their underwater cousins lived within the [[sea]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Warriors of the Deep (TV story)}}) | ||