- chuckiej2
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If such a thing happened in Halo 2 it was likely a mistake. (I don't think it did though)
In one of the animes the Forerunners put Elites and Humans into an Ark or a Shield World to protect them from the Halos effects and then after the Halos go off automated Forerunner ships take those Elites and Humans back to their planets to restart life.
Also in one of the new Forerunner trilogy books Humans and Forerunners are together.
Therefore humans and elites are separate species both in ancient Halo lore and in the games. They are not the same.