Stone Age Drawing and Sculpture, Prehistoric Arts

According to Louis Figuier during the Reindeer Epoch (outdated, unused term), bone and reindeer's horn displaced flint. A caveman or troglodyte is a character based upon widespread concepts of the way in which early prehistoric humans may have looked and behaved. The term caveman, sometimes used colloquially to refer to Neanderthal people, originates from assumptions between early humans and caves, most clearly demonstrated in cave painting or bench models. Image taken from page 109 of Primitive Man by Louis Figuier. Revised translation from the French by Edward Burnet Tylor. Illustrated with scenes of primitive life, 1870

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Anthropology Caveman Extinction Feast Figuier Humans Legendary Legends Neanderthal Prehistorical Prehistory Sculpting Troglodyte

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