A Newtype is theorize to be the next stage of human evolution in the fictional Gundam universe. This minor but groundbreaking metamorphosis is usually expressed as a heightened mental awareness, the result of an evolutionary adaptation to life in space. As such, Newtypes are seen to appear among Spacenoids (Space-based human beings), although not exclusively (Amuro Ray, arguably the most famous Newtype, was actually born as an Earthnoid). Appearing in the Universal Century timeline (chronologically the first), they are also present in the After War timeline.