caveman

A good deal of human creativity, after all, comes from physical self-preservation — a caveman need only cut himself once on sharpened bone to see its use in hunting.

From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2024

"I gotta go into my cave and become a caveman," he told CBS news.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2024

The lobby was conceived as a tunnel, carved out of solid rock, its sidewalls polished, the floor worn smooth, and the ceiling incised and decorated as a civilized caveman might have done it.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2023

The whole point of technology, of course, is that it’s supposed to make our lives easier, and to deliver us from the pain and toil of our caveman state.

From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2023

What cavewoman or caveman ever got the idea of “domesticating” a plant, and how was it accomplished?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

You can see that time-bending mash-up in the costumes, with some folks in bright plastic wigs and others in horns and mohawks and dreadlocks like 21st century cavemen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025

At which point, they had to come running toward the roo, bellowing and brandishing their golf clubs like cavemen on the fifth hole, just to get it to stop charging.

From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2023

"Readers can expect to meet characters ranging from cavemen to gnomes, wizards to ghosts, and read about time travel tourism, the haunting of Council offices, and a visitor from another planet," the publisher added.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2023

He set five peculiar creatures - something like futuristic cavemen - gyrating across the stage, dressed head-to-toe in dark gray unitards, designed by Rauschenberg, with reflectors shining on their heads and hands.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 30, 2018

His dad said even the cavemen had geniuses among them.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins