Editing Caveman (section)

==Characteristics==
{{stack|[[File:Caveman 1.jpg|thumb|Caveman hunting a [[brown bear]]. [[The Cave Boy of the Age of Stone|Book]] illustration by unknown artist for ''[[The Cave Boy of the Age of Stone]]'' (1907).]]}}
Cavemen are typically portrayed as wearing shaggy [[animal hides]], and capable of [[cave painting]] like [[behaviorally modern humans]] of the [[last glacial period]]. They are often shown armed with rocks, cattle bone clubs, spears, or sticks with rocks tied to them, and are portrayed as unintelligent, easily frightened, and aggressive. Typically, they have a low pitched rough voice and make vocalizations such as "ooga-booga" and grunts or speak using simple phrases. [[Popular culture]] also frequently represents cavemen as living with, or alongside of, [[dinosaur]]s, even though non-avian dinosaurs became extinct at the end of the [[Cretaceous period]], 66 million years before the emergence of ''[[Homo sapiens]]''. The era typically associated with the archetype is the [[Paleolithic|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 (i.e., from around 2,000 [[kya (unit)|kya]] to between 40 and 5 kya).{{fact|date=May 2024}}

The image of these people living in caves arises from the fact that caves are where the preponderance of [[Artifact (archaeology)|artifacts]] have been found from European Stone Age cultures. However, this most likely reflects the degree of preservation that caves provide over the millennia, rather than an indication of them being a typical form of shelter. Until the last glacial period, the great majority of humans did not live in caves, as nomadic [[hunter-gatherer]] tribes lived in a variety of temporary structures, such as tents<ref>{{cite book |first=Jerry D. |last=Moore |title=The Prehistory of Home |publisher=University of California Press |year=2012 }}</ref> and wooden huts (e.g., at [[Ohalo]]). A few genuine cave dwellings did exist, however, such as at [[Mount Carmel]] in [[Israel]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-Guide/Northern-Israel-Tours/Carmel-Caves-How-to-meet-a-caveman |title=Carmel Caves - How to meet a caveman |work=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=2019-10-18 |first=Aviva |last=Bar-Am |date=2009-08-02 }}</ref>

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, or loincloths made from leopard or tiger skins. 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".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.depauw.edu/sfs/backissues/82/depaolo.html |first=Charles |last=DePaolo |title=Wells, Golding, and Auel: Representing the Neanderthal |work=Science Fiction Studies #82 (Volume 27, Part 3) |date=2000-11-01 |access-date=2019-05-08 }}</ref>