It has often been surmised even before Darwin that man came from monkeys such as Aipom and Mankey, not the other way around. Yet a great deal suggests that Meditite developed much of their characteristic simian tendencies twice – that they could be fairly said to have "devolved" from man.
Historical records speak of groups of monks, although their sect is extinct today, who sought to commune with nature and pokemon through constant meditation, and were said to be able to levitate and perform telekinesis. Because their outfits are described as blue robes and the white hats from which they earned their name, many have speculated that the White Hat sect did not disappear so much as changed form; the word "Meditite", now their name, is said to have been their sacred mantra in times when they were human.
Whether or not the White Hat sect became the Meditite or simply dwindled from state repression and a lack of popular appeal, there is a great deal to suggest Meditite's origins come from some group of humans who took religion to new heights. Not only is their pose characteristic of (and less widespread than, and originated nowhere near) a meditating monk, but they wear clothes and hats, decorate their faces with thin red strips of paint, and engage in a set of daily rituals far more complex than most human faiths demand.
If Meditite did not come from man, evolution might seem in the process of making that leap a second time. Yet unlike humans, who, no matter how much faith and ideology try to suppress this urge, seek to shape and conquer their environment, Meditite value harmony with all things and seek the most peaceful existence possible for a living being.
