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A bunch of cats for those who know what this story is:

There was such a story: researchers flew to a planet destroyed by ancient war. He resurrected an ancient monster. Realizing their mistake, they tried to fly away quickly, but the monster managed to get into the ship. The researchers were not humanoids, but what kind belonged to the terrible deadly alien, I think, can not be suggested.
If you replace an ancient war with a space disaster, this is Alfred Van Vogt’s “The Monster” story.