I know they painted on a few , but did they live there?
2006-08-07 01:04:26 · 21 answers · asked by andy2kbaker 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
I assume most of them did. Kept them dry when it rained.
2006-08-07 01:07:29 · answer #1 · answered by JeffE 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People have lived in caves on and off for a very long time. There are still cave dwellings in use in some parts of the world. However, the idea of cavemen living in caves and banging each other over the head with clubs is a Victorian invention.
2006-08-07 08:20:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they lived in caves in Derbyshire at Creswell and in a cavern called the Devils A--e near Castleton in the Peak District, but most lived in communial villages of huts, apart from the chief who had a pad like Posh and Becks
2006-08-07 08:17:00 · answer #3 · answered by Jean B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes ....... and some still do. There are many cave houses still in use in Spain. I have one near a village in Andalusia. It does have a fully equipped kitchen, lounge, dining room, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a covered patio. Somewhat better equipped than those used and decorated by our ancestors but the principle is the same.
2006-08-07 17:42:24 · answer #4 · answered by John R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Er...yes!
Especially during periods when Ice Ages were cooling the climate and a grass hut didn't cut it anymore.
Did anyone mention troglodites (= cave dweller)? I didn't read to the end of the answers before I started.
2006-08-07 17:12:41 · answer #5 · answered by narkypoon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there were actually cavemen dear yes it would make sense that thatis where they lived to keep out off the rain and away for larger preditors.
2006-08-07 08:12:15 · answer #6 · answered by Tom Sawyer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
err yes thats why they are called cavemen
they would have found a cave and shared it and guarded it as the years went on they started using more materials and built huts the caves where hard to live as it kept them in the same spot.
2006-08-07 08:09:34 · answer #7 · answered by Nutty Girl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeeah they must have !
especially as some predators (cheetahs / wolves / tigers etc) hunt at night and caves are a good place to hide from them
caves could also have been used to save hunted kill from other scavangers.
caves would have protected the younger and weaker / injured members of the group, and also protected them from weather conditions such as rain and storms. it is also believed that they used to cover the caves with huge stones to prevent invasion.
2006-08-07 08:12:40 · answer #8 · answered by GorGeous_Girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unlikely, they probably used roundhouses as indeed do tribal people in Africa today. The caves were more likely used as temporary shelter in rain or sacred sites as is the case of Australian Aborigines.
2006-08-07 08:18:04 · answer #9 · answered by Red P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes. Early humans traveled alot. I imagine they stayed in a variety of shelters, caves worked if their weren't any bears in them
2006-08-11 03:06:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they did stay in caves but were nomads they followed the herds migrations so they did not permanently stay in them
2006-08-07 15:50:27 · answer #11 · answered by Spartan Warrior 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋