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Evolution Of The Caveman Essay

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Key Quote: “This article gives a theory of the caveman, he has never been seen before, but, is known for his longish, unkept hair.”
Thesis: This wild-haired Neanderthal has been traced back to our roots, animal like in nature, somewhere between the apes and civilization, blueprints of the modern human, through evolution we have now turned caveman into art.
Evidence:
• The caveman’s body acts as the primary site of his evolution condition. While facial and body hair are ancient and important markers of maleness, which transcends issues of gender identification .
• The facts or proof of the caveman in the stone age, Paleolithic humans: (1) the skeletal remains, (2) the material artifacts, and (3) for the Upper Paleolithic, images of humans produced by Upper Paleolithic humans .
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The wild hair and wild aspects of the primitive caveman with animal-like behavior is partially based on theory and partly-based on society influence creating the image of the bad haired caveman as we know it today.
Author: Judith Berman (born 1958) an anthropologist, with her PhD, grew up in Moscow, later moving to Idaho, becoming an American science fiction and fantasy writer. She started making up stories at the age of 5 or 6, she has written: short stories, novels, and journals. She has a reputable reputation, her work has appeared in: The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and the Baffler, her most famous book; Bear Daughter .
Strength: This article greatest strength is Berman’s extensive research in how genomes evolve and change in response to stress. Berman has taken on the stereotype of the wild, unkept, bad hair, caveman, popularized in cartoons, giving an evolution of where the caveman came from, to where he is today. She has placed several images in the article to remind us of how far we have come, and how advanced we are

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