A caveman was a being who inhabited a cave, often associated with primitive humanoid cultures. Groups of cavemen often united into tribes armed with spears or cudgels and dressed in animal skins. They sometimes created cave paintings.
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In the Stone Age on Earth, at least two caveman tribes were led by Vandar, an immortal who had trapped Q and used him as a genie. As a result, the cavemen were armed with spears that shot energy beams. (TOS - Legion of Super Heroes comic: "Issue 6")
Circa 2700 BC, during Sarpeidon's last ice age, Zar and Zarabeth lived in a cave. (TOS episode & Star Trek 4 novelization: All Our Yesterdays, TOS - The Yesterday Saga novel: Yesterday's Son)
Germal was raised in a cave on Hercula. Her people, the Yerba, were considered wild animals by the Herculese, who kept them in zoos and often used them for slave labor. (TOS comic: "The Animal People")
The Tol people of the planet Neesan lived in caves. (TOS comic: "The Cosmic Cavemen")
The inhabitants of an unnamed asteroid lived in caves. (TOS comic: "And a Child Shall Lead Them")
Early in the year 2266, James T. Kirk and McCoy were assaulted by Valtarii cavemen on Vultra. (TOS comic: "The Crucial Element")
A group of Ominnusian cavemen defended their sacred gardens from Spock and Leonard McCoy in 2266. Among their plants was an herb, genitum lars, needed to cure a plague. (TOS comic: "Child's Play")
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Appearances[]
- TOS episode & Star Trek 4 novelization: All Our Yesterdays
- TOS - The Yesterday Saga novel: Yesterday's Son
- TOS - Legion of Super Heroes comic: "Issue 6"
- TOS comic: "The Cosmic Cavemen"
- TOS comic: "Child's Play"
- TOS comic: "The Animal People"
- TOS comic: "And a Child Shall Lead Them"
External links[]
- Caveman article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Cave dweller article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.