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==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: a [[cave]] dweller especially of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_age Stone Age]

*1: a [[cave]] dweller especially of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_age Stone Age]

*2: a man who [[acts]] in a rough or crude [[manner]]  

*2: a man who [[acts]] in a rough or crude [[manner]]  

==Description==

==Description==

A '''caveman''' or ''troglodyte'' is a stock character based upon widespread [[concepts]] of the way in which early [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistory prehistoric] humans may have looked and behaved. The term ''caveman'', sometimes used colloquially to refer to [[Neanderthal people]], originates out of [[assumptions]] about the association between early humans and caves, most clearly [[demonstrated]] in cave painting or bench models.

A '''caveman''' or ''troglodyte'' is a stock character based upon widespread [[concepts]] of the way in which early [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistory prehistoric] humans may have looked and behaved. The term ''caveman'', sometimes used colloquially to refer to [[Neanderthal people]], originates out of [[assumptions]] about the association between early humans and caves, most clearly [[demonstrated]] in cave painting or bench models.

Cavemen are frequently represented as living with [[dinosaurs]] in popular culture, despite the fact dinosaurs became [[extinct]] at the end of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretaceous_period Cretaceous period], some 65 million years before the [[emergence]] of the [[human]] species. One of the earliest portrayals of cavemen and dinosaurs together is D. W. Griffith's ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brute_Force_(1914_film) Brute Force]'', a silent film released in 1914, while more recent examples include the comic strip B.C. and the television series [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flintstones The Flintstones].

Cavemen are frequently represented as living with [[dinosaurs]] in popular culture, despite the fact dinosaurs became [[extinct]] at the end of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretaceous_period Cretaceous period], some 65 million years before the [[emergence]] of the [[human]] species. One of the earliest portrayals of cavemen and dinosaurs together is D. W. Griffith's ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brute_Force_(1914_film) Brute Force]'', a silent film released in 1914, while more recent examples include the comic strip B.C. and the television series [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flintstones The Flintstones].

Caveman-like heraldic "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_men wild men]" were found in European and African iconography for hundreds of years. During the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages], these creatures 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 [[animal]].

Caveman-like heraldic "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_men wild men]" were found in European and African iconography for hundreds of years. During the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages], these creatures 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 [[animal]].

Cavemen are portrayed as wearing shaggy animal hides, armed with rocks or cattle bone clubs, unintelligent, and [[aggressive]]. The [[image]] of them living in [[caves]] arises from the fact that caves are where the preponderance of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_paintings ritual paintings] and artifacts from prehistoric cultures have been found, although this most likely [[reflects]] the degree of preservation that caves provide over the millennia rather than an indication of their typical form of [[shelter]]. [[Expressions]] such as "living in a cave" have become cultural [[metaphors]] for a modern human who displays traits of great [[ignorance]] or uncivilized [[behavior]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavemen]

Cavemen are portrayed as wearing shaggy animal hides, armed with rocks or cattle bone clubs, unintelligent, and [[aggressive]]. The [[image]] of them living in [[caves]] arises from the fact that caves are where the preponderance of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_paintings ritual paintings] and artifacts from prehistoric cultures have been found, although this most likely [[reflects]] the degree of preservation that caves provide over the millennia rather than an indication of their typical form of [[shelter]]. [[Expressions]] such as "living in a cave" have become cultural [[metaphors]] for a modern human who displays traits of great [[ignorance]] or uncivilized [[behavior]].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavemen]

==See also==

==See also==

*'''''[[52:1 Primitive Man|Primitive Man]]'''''

*'''''[[52:1 Primitive Man|Primitive Man]]'''''

==Quote==

==Quote==

[[100:4|100:4.5]] In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind%27s_eye mind's eye] conjure up a picture of one of your [[primitive]] [[ancestors]] of [[cave]]-dwelling times—a short, misshapen, filthy, snarling hulk of a man standing, legs spread, club upraised, [[breathing]] hate and animosity as he looks fiercely just ahead. Such a picture hardly depicts the [[divine]] [[dignity]] of [[man]]. But allow us to enlarge the picture. In front of this animated [[human]] crouches a saber-toothed tiger. Behind him, a [[woman]] and two [[children]]. [[Immediately]] you [[recognize]] that such a picture stands for the beginnings of much that is fine and [[noble]] in the [[human]] race, but the man is the same in both pictures. Only in the second sketch you are favored with a widened [[horizon]]. You therein [[discern]] the [[motivation]] of this [[evolving]] [[mortal]]. His [[attitude]] becomes [[praiseworthy]] because you [[understand]] him. If you could only [[fathom]] the [[motives]] of your associates, how much better you would [[understand]] them. If you could only know your fellows, you would [[eventually]] fall in [[love]] with them.

[[100:4|100:4.5]] In the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind%27s_eye mind's eye] conjure up a picture of one of your [[primitive]] [[ancestors]] of [[cave]]-dwelling times—a short, misshapen, filthy, snarling hulk of a man standing, legs spread, club upraised, [[breathing]] hate and animosity as he looks fiercely just ahead. Such a picture hardly depicts the [[divine]] [[dignity]] of [[man]]. But allow us to enlarge the picture. In front of this animated [[human]] crouches a saber-toothed tiger. Behind him, a [[woman]] and two [[children]]. [[Immediately]] you [[recognize]] that such a picture stands for the beginnings of much that is fine and [[noble]] in the [[human]] race, but the man is the same in both pictures. Only in the second sketch you are favored with a widened [[horizon]]. You therein [[discern]] the [[motivation]] of this [[evolving]] [[mortal]]. His [[attitude]] becomes [[praiseworthy]] because you [[understand]] him. If you could only [[fathom]] the [[motives]] of your associates, how much better you would [[understand]] them. If you could only know your fellows, you would [[eventually]] fall in [[love]] with them.

[[Category: Anthropology]]

[[Category: Anthropology]]