Did the finned humanoids on the oceanic planet kill the human colonists?
These humanoids sound suspiciously like evolved or devolved human beings:
air-breathing mammals;
finger and toe nails that have grown to be as thick and sharp as claws;
omnivores evolving towards carnivores;
large, pointed teeth;
human-type vision but probably less acute because used underwater;
maybe able to remain underwater for many minutes but not as long as cetaceans;
inefficient fins indicate that they are not yet far evolved from their land-dwelling ancestors.
Such animals could not have evolved on any of the islands of the oceanic planet. The only explanation is not that they killed the colonists but that they are the colonists.
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Kaor, Paul!
I also recall it was speculated that the civilization which colonized this planet had become ossified for thousands of years, so much so that when it became aware of how evolution was changing the colonists, it was too late to do anything about it.
Ad astra! Sean
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