Caveman

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This article is about the stock character. For real-life instances of humans living in caves, see Cave dweller. For other uses, see Caveman (disambiguation).
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Le Moustier Neanderthals (Charles R. Knight, 1920)

The caveman is a

Neanderthals were influentially described as "simian" or "ape-like" by Marcellin Boule[1] and Arthur Keith.[2]

The term "caveman" has its

Homo troglodytes (Linnaeus, 1758).[3]

Characteristics

Caveman hunting a brown bear. Book illustration by unknown artist for The Cave Boy of the Age of Stone (1907)

Cavemen are typically portrayed as wearing shaggy

Homo sapiens. The era typically associated with the archetype is the Paleolithic Era, sometimes referred to as the Stone Age
, though the Paleolithic is but one part of the Stone Age. This era extends from more than 2 million years into the past until between 40,000 and 5,000 years before the present.

The image of these people living in caves arises from the fact that caves are where the preponderance of

Ohalo). A few genuine cave dwellings did exist, however, such as at Mount Carmel in Israel.[5]

Stereotypical cavemen have traditionally been depicted wearing smock-like garments made from the skins of animals and held up by a shoulder strap on one side. Stereotypical cavewomen are similarly depicted, but sometimes with slimmer proportions and bones tied up in their hair. They are also depicted carrying large clubs approximately conical in shape. They often have grunt-like names, such as Ugg and Zog.[6]

History

Cavemen anachronistically fighting a dinosaur on the cover of a 1940 edition of Action Stories

Caveman-like heraldic "wild men" were found in European and African iconography for hundreds of years. During the Middle Ages, these beings were generally depicted in art and literature as bearded and covered in hair, and often wielding clubs and dwelling in caves. While wild men were always depicted as living outside of civilization, there was an ongoing debate as to whether they were human or non-human.

In Sir

Charles Chaplin's satiric take[7] in His Prehistoric Past (1914), as well as Brute Force (1914), The Cave Man (1912), and later, Cave Man (1934). From the descriptions, Griffith's characters cannot talk, and use sticks and stones for weapons, while the hero of Cave Man is a Tarzanesque figure who fights dinosaurs. Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels
, which aired from 1977 to 1980, is an animated comedy depicting cavemen as being hairy and carrying clubs.

Griffith's Brute Force represents one of the earliest portrayals of cavemen and dinosaurs together, with its depiction of a

pterosaurs and prehistoric mammals as tools, household appliances, vehicles, and construction equipment.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ape-like or human? Disagreement erupts over Neanderthal posture". Cosmos. 25 February 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-08-13. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
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  3. Nautilus
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  4. ^ Jerry D. Moore, "The Prehistory of Home", University of California Press, 2012
  5. ^ "Carmel Caves - How to meet a caveman - Israel Guide - Jerusalem Post". www.jpost.com. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  6. ^ "Contents Page: 82". www.depauw.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  7. ^ Stills from Man's Genesis Archived 2008-07-20 at the Wayback Machine and His Prehistoric Past show that Chaplin still has his bowler hat.
  8. ^ Rebecca Hawkes (24 November 2015). "Costumed pigs, iguanas and Raquel Welch: the evolution of movie dinosaurs". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
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  10. ISBN 0-8362-1851-5
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  11. ^ Blake, Heidi (30 September 2010). "The Flintstones' 50th anniversary: 10 wackiest Bedrock inventions". Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12.

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