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caveman



NOUN
cave dweller
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But it’s also part of Netflix’s “rise and fall” true crime genre, cautioning against believing in figures like Johnson, who hooks young men by flogging a version of caveman masculinity that associates virility with dominance.

From Salon Jun. 1, 2025

“It was essentially a caveman carrying a club,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 8, 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

Imagine a caveman being so focused on building a fire that he never heard the lion coming through the bushes.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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