Is there any evidence that cavemen dragged women by their hair?

MonkeyOnALeash

There is no evidence of "Cavemen" never mind dragging Women by their hair. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caveman Jan 13 08, 9:25 PM

star_gazer

Yes I understand, but cavemen are not a complete myth considering the many prehistoric cave paintings that have been found world wide. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_painting Jan 13 08, 9:32 PM

MonkeyOnALeash

Yes there were Ancient and Prehistoric SOCIETYS of Cave Dwellers but they WERE Societal and dragging by hair is not Societal. So I will conclude by referring to my original post. Artistic Stereotype. And here is THE proof. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L1zAS80Q04 Jan 13 08, 10:36 PM

queproblema

OK, Monkey, this one's for you, re. "the staple of popular culture." Don't let the fact that it's from the BBC make you take it--or me--seriously. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A21776619 This one is more serious. http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761561081/Cave_Dwellers.html Many people live in caves today. As to whether they drag each other around by the hair, we can hope they don't. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0WDP/is_2001_Sept_3/ai_78783509 http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-19385242.html http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v26/i1/malta.asp Hmm, the boy behind me in fourth grade pulled my pigtails a few times. Does that count? Jan 13 08, 11:16 PM

McGruff

An interesting exploration of this very question. http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=781050 The ‘cultural myth of the mating behavior of cavemen’ is first referred to in the 19th century in Prehistoric fiction - adventure stories set in the remotest human past. There is a gradual move towards this myth and it appears that it was in the 1920s that it become widely used to describe the general loutish behaviour of men. Later it became more a source of humour appearing particularly in cartoons. I have been unable to find academic documents of the period speculating on human mating habits in prehistory. I would like to refer you to this excellent site on the literary genre of Prehistoric fiction. http://www.trussel.com/f_prehis.htm Jan 14 08, 9:39 AM

queproblema

This brings to mind the way the decimated tribe of Benjamin kidnapped their wives from a dance, which in turn brought to mind the "rape" of the Sabine women. Here both stories are together on one page. I apologize for 5 links on my previous post. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rape_of_the_Sabine_Women Then there's Samson, who had a woman knock him to the ground, more or less, and weave his hair into her loom. You can find it in Judges 16:13--I'm not pasting in another link! Jan 14 08, 10:58 AM

queproblema

McGruff, please add: Samson at the time had been living in a cave. Jdg. 15:8. Thanks. Jan 14 08, 11:00 AM

Baloo55th

Social customs that leave no physical evidence are impossible to prove/disprove. In the absence of any so far discovered cave paintings of this practice, the verdict must be the Scottish Not Proven. Evidence from cartoons is inadmissible unless the cartoon can be shown to date from the period in question. Even then, it is dubious evidence, as witness the depictions of fully dressed missionaries sitting upright in large pots over fires whose flames are not those of a cooking fire.... Jan 14 08, 1:56 PM