Caveman

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 and Arthur Keith.

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).
"Cavepeople" redirects here. Not to be confused with CAVE people.
"Cavewoman" redirects here. For comics, see Cavewoman (comics).

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

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