>>110100620Irkens evolved from wingless insectoids possessing reptilian features, prehistoric Irkens were never carnivorous creatures as they fed on a plant similar to sugar cane which resulted in the modern Irken’s diet consisting entirely of sugar and an inability to properly digest any other kind of food, meat and legumes actually being poisonous to them.
However, even as prehistoric creatures just taking their first steps in evolution, Irkens were very territorial and bloodthirsty creatures possessing levels of speed and durability beyond any other creature on prehistoric Irk, that combined with their bladed antenna that cuts through flesh and bone like butter, by the time they evolved into their equivalent of human Neanderthals, nearly all other animal life on Irk went extinct. Stone Age Irkens were all very tall and lanky (something like pic related), some taller then others and height was seen as a sign of strength and superiority among clans, something that modern Irkens regressed to. Males kept the bladed, scythe-like antenna from their ancestors while females evolved to have more curled antenna used to attract males, the curliness of the antenna being oddly arousing to the males. Males were the foragers and providers of Stone Age Irkenkind whiles females reared their children but Stone Age females were stronger and more vicious then males, so much so that most males feared their mates and did everything they commanded. Many eons down their evolutionary line when Irkens would start to relay more on technology (which was particularly early compared to other developing alien races thanks to the Irken’s highly developed minds) the male’s bladed antenna started to regress. It was during this time where Irkens became less savage and more refined and intelligent, leading to the first steps in the golden age of Irkenkind, The Age of The Noyng.
If your familiar with my other headcanons you know where this is going.
