caveman

caveman
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
cavewoman, primitive human, Stone Age man, prehistoric man, cave dweller, human, troglodyte, anthropoid, hominoid, Homo Erectus, *missing link.
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• earliest to latest pre-human: Ardipithecus ramidus, Australopithecus anamensis, Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus africanus, Australopithecus robustus, Australopithecus boisei, Homo rudolfensis, Homo habilis, Homo ergaster, Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, Archaic Homo sapiens, Homo neanderthalensis, Cro-Magnon, Homo sapiens.
• famous afarensis skeleton, nickname: Lucy
see human

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