Caveman

Le Moustier Neanderthals (Charles R. Knight, 1920)

The caveman is a stock character representative of primitive humans in the Paleolithic. The popularization of the type dates to the early 20th century, when Neanderthals were influentially described as "simian" or "ape-like" by Marcellin Boule[1] and Arthur Keith.[2]

The term "caveman" has its taxonomic equivalent in the now-obsolete binomial classification of Homo troglodytes (Linnaeus, 1758).[3]

  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.
  2. ^ "Early Man in Palestine". Nature. 129 (3268): 898. 1932-06-01. Bibcode:1932Natur.129R.898.. doi:10.1038/129898b0. ISSN 1476-4687.
  3. ^ Isabella, Jude (2013-12-05). "The Caveman's Home Was Not a Cave". Nautilus. Retrieved 2020-04-13.