Humans Are Survivors: Difference between revisions

** In "Evolution of the Daleks", Dalek Sec {{spoiler|merges with a human to become a [[Half-Human Hybrid]]}} specifically because [[Humans Are Survivors]] {{spoiler|and wants to impart that resilience to a new generation of Daleks}}. At first he believes this is because of humanity's ambition and "genius for war", but eventually thinks it's because of humanity's better qualities instead.

* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' 4th Edition uses this trope as part of its (successful) attempt to take humans from being simply [[The Mario]] to being [[Humans Are Special]], and it crops up all over the game's human-specific support material. In fact, it would not be far off base to wager that a full third or more of human specific feats, as well as the racial paragon path, are devoted to setting up human beings as hyper-adaptable, survival [[Determinator|Determinators]]s, either (read: usually) by adding bonuses to saving throws, or occasionally more directly by adding HP or defense bonuses. Seriously, some of the humans' most iconic feats have names like: Human Perseverance, Die Hard, Human Resolve, Frantic Recovery, Don't Count Me Out...you get the idea.

* In the time that humans have been on this Earth,<ref>which is admittedly brief compared to the many, ''many'' other species on Earth that exist today but predate us by millions of years</ref>, we have experienced global drought, Ice Ages, drastic changes in sea level and weather patterns, numerous global epidemics, natural disasters, and many, many, many wars.