Board Thread:Online Discussion/@comment-180.95.18.10-20130528000937/@comment-7153552-20130603164945

That post is riddled with partial facts. The Dumner didn't evolve into what they are, they were once the Chimer (akin to the Altmer in looks) and were affected by the events at Red Mountain with the Dwemer to be turned into what they are today. Falmer actually means Snow Elf, they didn't evolve into what they are on their own - nor did they just migrate underground. They ran from the Nords (or what they were at the time) and sought help from their Dwemer brethren only to be betrayed by them and blinded via fungus. The animalistic properties could be an evolution of hatred and disdain born from that, but we just don't know what turned them ferral. . . at least not yet. Also, the overall characteristic of a child in TES is determined by it's mother. If a Nord fathers a child with an Orc woman (kudos to that Nord, lol), the child will have more Orc properties than Nord - in fact it will be an Orc. It takes magical intervention and purposeful long-term breeding to mix races (see the Bretons for proof).