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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 [ 1 ] and Arthur Keith .
Some prehistoric humans were cave dwellers, but most were not (see Homo and Human evolution).Such early cave dwellers, and other prehistoric peoples, are also called cave men (the term also refers to the stereotypical "caveman" stock character type from fiction and popular culture).
Caveman (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), a character from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; GEICO Cavemen, characters in a series of commercials and a short-lived television program; Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer, Saturday Night Live character played by Phil Hartman; Caveman, nickname given to Stanley Yelnats IV from Holes (novel)
Tor is an American comic book series, created by Joe Kubert and Norman Maurer in the story 1,000,000 Years Ago! (Sept. 1953), published by St. John Publications. The series' protagonist, Tor, is a prehistoric cave man who has fantasy adventures set in a realistically drawn setting. The original series only ran for five issues and ended in 1954.
Hamlin introduced a cast of colorful characters and his storylines entertained with a combination of adventure, fantasy, and humor. Alley Oop, the strip's title character, is a sturdy citizen in the prehistoric kingdom of Moo. He rides his pet dinosaur Dinny, carries a stone axe, and wears only a fur loincloth.
The characters appeared in animated commercials for the U.S. federal agency ACTION in the 1970s and for Monroe shocks in the late 1980s. They were also licensed by Arby's restaurants in 1981, which issued a collector set of 6 B.C. cartoon character drinking glasses. In the last half of the 1960s, the BC characters were used in commercials for ...
The main characters of Sanctuary Season 1, from left to right; John Druitt, Helen Magnus, Ashley Magnus, Will Zimmerman.. The characters in the Canadian science fiction-fantasy television series Sanctuary are predominantly "abnormals": advanced humans or creatures, and the show centers on bringing other abnormals to the Sanctuary in the fictional Old City, for the purpose of protecting the ...