cavemen
Stone Age people
Cavemen is the plural of caveman—a prehistoric human imagined as living in caves and wielding crude tools.
The term evokes a primitive lifestyle: cavemen hunting mammoths, caveman drawings on cave walls.
Figuratively, caveman describes crude or unsophisticated behavior, especially by men: His caveman approach to dating wasn't working.
The adjective form appears in caveman mentality or caveman logic.
Pole with sharp point
- flintSpark-producing sedimentary rock
- arrowheadPiercing end of projectile
- mammothExtinct elephant with curved tusks
- trackingMonitoring location over time
foraging · scavenging · game · prey · quarry · trapping · pelt · hide
Earliest archaeological era
- NeolithicFinal prehistoric stone-tool era
- Stone AgeEra of knapped tools
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
- ancientVery old indeed
Ice Age · Pleistocene · mammoth · megafauna · glacial · primordial · antiquity · bronze age
Extinct archaic human species
- Cro-MagnonEarly modern European human
- Homo erectusExtinct bipedal human ancestor
- AustralopithecusExtinct hominin genus
- Homo sapiensScientific name for humans
ancestors · hominid · bipedal · cranium · fossils · skull · skeleton · bones
Combustion with flames
- toolsDevices for doing work
- stoneSolid earth fragment
- weaponsTools for fighting
- skinsOuter animal coverings
furs · shelter · foraging · resourcefulness · adaptation · endurance · harsh · elements
Small scenic cavern
- rockshelterNatural stone overhang shelter
- firepitContained outdoor burning area
- hearthFireplace floor area
- LascauxPaleolithic painted cavern
Altamira · torchlight · subterranean · troglodyte · shelter · encampment · campsite · dwelling
Social group sharing ancestry
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- nomadicWithout fixed residence
- shamanIndigenous spiritual healer
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
elders · kinship · communal · storytelling · burial · ochre · adornment · beads
In earliest form
- clubOrganization with membership
- loinclothWrapped groin covering
- gruntingLow, throaty vocalization
- unkemptUntidy in appearance
brutish · knuckle-dragging · GEICO · Flintstones · dragging · cartoonish · savage · unsophisticated
spear
Pole with sharp point
- flintSpark-producing sedimentary rock
- arrowheadPiercing end of projectile
- mammothExtinct elephant with curved tusks
tracking · foraging · scavenging · game · prey · quarry · trapping · pelt · hide · skinning
Paleolithic
Earliest archaeological era
- NeolithicFinal prehistoric stone-tool era
- Stone AgeEra of knapped tools
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
ancient · Ice Age · Pleistocene · mammoth · megafauna · glacial · primordial · antiquity · bronze age
Neanderthal
Extinct archaic human species
- Cro-MagnonEarly modern European human
- Homo erectusExtinct bipedal human ancestor
- AustralopithecusExtinct hominin genus
Homo sapiens · ancestors · hominid · bipedal · cranium · fossils · skull · skeleton · bones · anthropology
fire
Combustion with flames
skins · furs · shelter · foraging · resourcefulness · adaptation · endurance · harsh · elements · predators
grotto
Small scenic cavern
- rockshelterNatural stone overhang shelter
- firepitContained outdoor burning area
- hearthFireplace floor area
Lascaux · Altamira · torchlight · subterranean · troglodyte · shelter · encampment · campsite · dwelling · ochre
tribe
Social group sharing ancestry
rituals · elders · kinship · communal · storytelling · burial · ochre · adornment · beads · language
primitive
In earliest form
unkempt · brutish · knuckle-dragging · GEICO · Flintstones · dragging · cartoonish · savage · unsophisticated
- prehistorystone tools, Neolithic, Stone Age, paleolithic, Bronze Age
- Lost Worldjungle expedition, lost civilization, dinosaurs, ancient ruins, pterodactyl
- human originshuman evolution, human ancestors, early humans, modern humans, Homo sapiens
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
cavemenmodern humans
Our extant species
astronauts · post-humans · cyborgs · millennials · digital natives
cavemensophisticates
Worldly, cultured individuals
cosmopolitans · intellectuals · technologists · Renaissance men · scholars