It's safe to say most fans tune into "Alien" projects to see what variation of Xenomorph is going to pop up next . However, the franchise isn't solely interested in otherworldly creatures, but also in exploring the concept of androids and what makes humans human. The latest addition to the series, FX's "Alien: Earth," places three types of human-machine hybrids front and center, and if you need a primer on the differences between each one, watch Looper's explainer video above.

Perhaps the most intriguing addition to "Alien" canon is the hybrid. "Alien: Earth" Episode 1 sees Prodigy CEO Boy Kavalier (Samuel Blenkin) develop a new merging of man and machine. His team takes the mind of a dying child and puts it into a synthetic, adult body, which takes on the name Wendy (Sydney Chandler). It

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