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Aryan, Indo-European
a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European
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autochthon
the earliest known inhabitants of a region
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Basket Maker
early Amerindians related to the Pueblo; known for skill in making baskets
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cave dweller, cave man, caveman, troglodyte
someone who lives in a cave
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Heidelberg man, Homo heidelbergensis
a type of primitive man who lived in Europe
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ape-man, missing link
hypothetical organism formerly thought to be intermediate between apes and human beings
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Mound Builder
prehistoric Amerindians who built altar mounds
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Piltdown hoax, Piltdown man
a supposedly primitive man later proven to be a hoax
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barbarian, savage
a member of an uncivilized people
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feral man, wild man
a person who is not socialized
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ape-man
a person assumed to have been raised by apes
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anthropophagite, anthropophagus, cannibal, man-eater
a person who eats human flesh
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head-shrinker, headhunter
a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies
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hunter-gatherer
a member of a hunting and gathering society
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Vandal
a member of the Germanic people who overran Gaul and Spain and North Africa and sacked Rome in 455
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wolf boy
a male person assumed to have been raised by wolves
