Re: GEICO 'Caveman'

jcon wrote:
On Aug 29, 8:47 am, UC <uraniumcommit...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Aug 29, 9:29 am, jcon <cirej...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Aug 28, 4:11 pm, UC <uraniumcommit...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
What type is the 'caveman' supposed to be? Neanderthal?
They're the stereotype "cavemen" that mostly derive from 50's and 60's
sci-fi movies (in which
they generally fought dinosaurs). These were arguably *loosely*
based on Neanderthals.
CaveWOMEN, on the other hand, generally wore make-up and fur bikinis,
and tended to
look like this:http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00018D3ZA.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
-jc
Hubba hubba!!!

It does bring up some interesting misconceptions. Popular culture
perpetuates
the myth that significant human evolution took place outside of
Africa, whereas
modern evidence supports that there are only minute genetic
differences
between us and our ancestors who migrated out of Africa some 60,000
years ago.

Our ancestral "cave men" in Europe were Cro Magnon, who were on
average
a little beefier than modern man, but probably looked more like bikers
than the Geico dudes. Other cave men *were* Neanderthals, but genetic
evidence shows they split from our branch about half a million years
ago - still
in Africa. They were probably killed by our ancestors.

-jc

Were the Cro-Magnon beefier ? From what I understood they were Homo sapiens like us...
Maybe you mean they got more exercise ? (I'm having trouble with the spelling of that word, so sorry if I got it wrong)

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