Why are we "Earthlings"?

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How many other creatures take the time to amass enough nuclear weapons to destroy much if not all of their population? We also seem to be pretty intent on messing up our environment enough to cause us great harm, possibly extinction.

I also like Terran the most, although solarians is cool too.

I think I'll also opt for Terran. Sounds like something out of a comic book.

I like the idea of Aspergians enabling humanity to evolve into a superior race. However, Aspergerians sounds better than Aspergians. It has more of a ring to it, and Aspergians sounds like allergens if pronounced wrong.

Well, it's difficult to say. I think they might just call us humans, or perhaps "Homo sapiens sapiens" (stands for "wise wise person", which is what scientists call the modern human species) depending on how technical their thought process is.

While their name for themselves might technically translate as "human", they simply won't bother to translate it for the same reason I wouldn't translate my own name when speaking in a foreign language when such a translation exists.

I'm going to say it's extremely unlikely that they'll call us "Earthlings", it's possible that a translation for the "ling" suffix won't even exist in their language. In fact they might not use suffixes at all.

Antropomorphics? (In posession of human or human-like qualities)

Terrans

The Terrans terrorize tough terrain terribly.