We refer to beings from Betazed as betazoids, from Vulcan as vulcans, from Romulus as romulans, etc... Why are we referred to consistently as humans and not earthlings or earthans?
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We don't refer to the Klingons as "Kronos-eons" or "Kronoslings" either. So I guess it is like not refering to the Dutch as "Netherlanders" - the name of the race was chosen independently of the name of the planet (country) they came from.
It is probably also to distinguish us from the other sentient inhabitants:
- Human
- Voth and
- Humpback whales
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