What does a caveman look like?

If you study cavemen in a typical textbook, you’ll see photos of creatures who look like a mixture of humans and apes. You’ll also see them described as “primitive humans” who lived in caves, hunted, made crude tools and drawings, and went extinct around 40,000 years ago. Or so the story goes.

Did cavemen live in caves?

The Real Cavemen - Cavemen probably inhabited caves sporadically. The Neanderthals were one species known for cave living. Learn about the life of the cavemen (and women).

When did caveman go extinct?

You’ll also see them described as “primitive humans” who lived in caves, hunted, made crude tools and drawings, and went extinct around 40,000 years ago. Or so the story goes. The first discovery of caveman remains was in 1856 in Germany. Quarry workers stumbled across a Neanderthal fossil in a cave near the Neander Valley.