Quote Originally Posted by MirronTulaxia View Post
I'm not sure that really follows because it is rather literally the same planet.
Right, but the Sundering wasn't THAT long ago. 10,000 years is long enough for empires to rise and fall and for technology to diverge and such, but not long enough for biology to drastically change. It's not weird at all that most intelligent races (barring artificially created or enhanced ones) are older than that.