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>>12715531
alright alright, so "a true extraterrestrial would look nothing like a human" True, very true. Convergent evolution is a thing but not that strongly.

SO, evolutionary biology bros that know way more than me, what WOULD make a creature that looks like this?
I'm thinking obviously some kind of shared hominid ancestry with humans. Though with it's shorter with large head, large eyes, tiny nose and mouth, muscles stay undeveloped, unless all we're seeing are children it's clearly even further down the primate neoteny drive than humans are.
In fact, those eyes, and especially pupils are large even for a human baby. Almost ow-like. So an especially dark environment? That would explain the incredibly pale skin as well. Subterranean? Aboveground but heavily shaded? Cloistered?
Also, extreme ear reduction, but also loss of hair, so it's not from cold. Semi-aquatic? Very hot and loud?

Lend me your collective expertise for this thought experiment.