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Coscivians are not a biological race, and do not constitute a single ethnic group. Communities living Coscivian culture come from disparate genetic, ethnic, linguistic, and national backgrounds, and usually have strong ethnic and communal identities nested within a broader Coscivian cultural identity. | Coscivians are not a biological race, and do not constitute a single ethnic group. Communities living Coscivian culture come from disparate genetic, ethnic, linguistic, and national backgrounds, and usually have strong ethnic and communal identities nested within a broader Coscivian cultural identity. Nonetheless, the existence of a '''Coscivian people''' (''Koskiplānon'', ''Koskidérum'') is widely recognised both within and without the Coscivian world, and a {{wp|Meta-ethnicity|meta-ethnic}} Coscivian identity has existed since before the First Empire. How "Coscivians" and "Coscivian people" are defined can very greatly by context. In modern Western sources, terms such as "Coscivian people" or "ethnic Coscivians" most often refer to ''Éorsan people'' (see below). | ||
The primary bearers of Coscivian culture throughout history have been the '''Éorsan peoples''', the historic inhabitants of the continent Éorsa where Coscivian civilisation arose. Modern studies of DNA markers have shown that there is significant genetic diversity among Éorsan peoples and considerable variation across different sub-populations. This corroborates with archæological, historical, and mythological/folkloric evidence that...Genetically, the Éorsans are descended from the Cosco-Adrates, the autocthonous P'ter aboriginals of Éorsa whom they culturally assimilated in the process of their westward migration, and - to a much lesser extent - the extinct hominins ''Homo sapiens sariporensis'' and ''Homo vetus montanis''. Upon settling in Éorsa, these Cosco-Adratic peoples began the process of forging Coscivian civilisation's core cultural (monogamy, nesting group identity), philosophical (idealism, monotheism), and political (the Coscivian Empire) foundations, which developed over several milennia before being exported from the continent in the 10th century ''anno Domini''. Today, Éorsan Coscivians constitute the majority in most major Coscivian nations, including Kiravia, and most Coscivian or Coscivised groups of non-Éorsan origin have some degree of Éorsan Coscivian admixture among their populations. | The primary bearers of Coscivian culture throughout history have been the '''Éorsan peoples''', the historic inhabitants of the continent Éorsa where Coscivian civilisation arose. Modern studies of DNA markers have shown that there is significant genetic diversity among Éorsan peoples and considerable variation across different sub-populations. This corroborates with archæological, historical, and mythological/folkloric evidence that...Genetically, the Éorsans are descended from the Cosco-Adrates, the autocthonous P'ter aboriginals of Éorsa whom they culturally assimilated in the process of their westward migration, and - to a much lesser extent - the extinct hominins ''Homo sapiens sariporensis'' and ''Homo vetus montanis''. Upon settling in Éorsa, these Cosco-Adratic peoples began the process of forging Coscivian civilisation's core cultural (monogamy, nesting group identity), philosophical (idealism, monotheism), and political (the Coscivian Empire) foundations, which developed over several milennia before being exported from the continent in the 10th century ''anno Domini''. Today, Éorsan Coscivians constitute the majority in most major Coscivian nations, including Kiravia, and most Coscivian or Coscivised groups of non-Éorsan origin have some degree of Éorsan Coscivian admixture among their populations. | ||