What is the Meaning & Definition of Troglodyte
On the other hand, the Member of a legendary village the famous historian Herodotus placed which in the North of Africa and which was mainly characterized by living in caves, not to mention and feed-based snakes, also known it as Wren.
Another use of the word is to refer to the stereotype of the prehistoric man who is known he lived in caves and which had a behavior that was as brutal.
As a result of the cave paintings and also by comments from historians and philosophers is that it was the archetype of the primitive beings as troglodytes. The legacy that have left that you place them living in caves and owners of stocks lonely, miserable, poor and gross has caused that it conceives them are primarily as creatures wild, without any kind of gentleness, intelligence and very aggressive if you faced them; and also the physical appearance of these primitive men has been represented as neglected, many beard, covered with hairs all over the body and usually wielding Spears and clubs.
Further it is presumed that even they dressed, only covered their bodies with snippets of the skins of animals that are killed for food.
Today, science, confirms that this primitive man wearing a lifestyle of recolector-cazador type, though there are still discussions about whether they actually lived in caves or used them as enclosures to carry out your meetings or rituals, since in reality, being of beings living moving from one side to another, very strangely they established in one place.
In the world of entertainment, film, TV, literature, is often presented troglodytes or cave with this stereotype that we were describing: covered with skins of animals, poor communication and aggressive attitudes, especially against women, such as take the hair and drag them.
Currently, when a person presents a cruel, rough behavior and quite crude, it is common to talk of the in terms of Wren. John behaves like a Troglodyte, really unbearable!
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