Talk:Caveman

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Contents 1 Suggested Addition to page 2 Request for protection 3 Regarding anaglyph image 4 Many prehistoric humans did in fact live in caves

[edit] Suggested Addition to page

There is now an academic book called THE CAVEMAN MYSTIQUE: POP-DARWINISM AND THE DEBATES OVER SEX, VIOLENCE, AND SCIENCE by Martha McCaughey (2008, Routledge). This book addresses the popular circulation of the "caveman" story today. There is a wiki page on this scholar, and that page mentions the book. Shouldn't this be a link under the category of, say, NONFICTION BOOKS ABOUT THE CAVEMAN ? ~ Moj. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mojomartini (talk • contribs) 03:15, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

How many words in the English language are there a level of disagreement on whether they are masculine or generic?? 66.245.5.89 19:27, 4 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I think it's a bad idea to bring that up at all. They should mostly talk about how not all "cavemen" lived in caves instead... Besides, as a comment it's completely useless and tells us nothing. OF friggen course there's going to be females with them, do you think that people will start thinking they reproduced asexually or were hermaphrodites?

There is no disagreement from an etymological standpoint. Caveman refers to mankind in a cave, not the male half of our species. In old english, for example, man was gender nuetral. I don't know the exact history of caveman, but I think it's more common use mirrors the etymology of women.

[edit] Request for protection

In response to repeated edits to this page that deleted large sections of the article and the frequently recurring months-long problems with random personal attacks being inserted into the article, a request for protection was put in place tonight. Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection#.7B.7Bla.7CCaveman.7D.7D MrZaius^talk 04:34, 9 February 2007 (UTC) hey

Kudos for putting this in a pop culture frame referring to the science. I wasn't quite expecting that when I typed it in, but it fits well while still providing an avenue for getting to learn about actual cavemen. At some point, I'll propose some language more solidly guiding a link there. ~Robert

Requesting unprotection so that you can be bold and edit the page yourself. It's been three months - hopefully the vandals have moved on. MrZaius^talk 10:12, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding anaglyph image

From the [revision history] "discussion":

2008-02-08T23:16:49 Styrofoam1994 added "computer generated" in description of image.

2008-02-08T23:20:02 Gwernol: Do you have any evidence this is computer generated? The image description doesn't say one way or the other and this could be hand painted

2008-02-09T16:00:57 AdrianLozano: Actually, it's computer *modified*. See Wikipedia_talk:No_3D_illustrations.

2008-02-09T16:03:36 Gwernol: Sorry, but unless you have some evidence to show that this particular illustration is computer modified, your description is surely original research

In theory, you could create a medium-quality color anaglyph without computer assistance, but it really that's not practical. But I have no problem with conceding that point. How about just removing the "computer-generated" part? I suppose that the "anaglyph" part isn't in question and could be reinstated? – Adrian Lozano (talk) 16:00, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

If no-one objects, I'll do just that in a while then. – Adrian Lozano (talk) 14:34, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi Adrian, that seems reasonable. Gwernol 15:03, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Many prehistoric humans did in fact live in caves

Ever hear of Les Eyzies, or Mt. Carmel? The article as it stands gives the misleading impression the very idea of 'cavemen' is a myth. Dlabtot (talk) 06:15, 28 April 2008 (UTC)