[Galvasean]

Some of you may have heard the 'gay caveman' stories circulating. However, it seems to be more media hyperbole than straight up fact. Not only is the individual in question quite possibly not gay, but he's not actually a caveman.

"The reality of this is going to be far more complicated than, 'This individual was gay,'" Dobson told LiveScience.

Not only is "gay" an oversimplification, "caveman" is flat-out inaccurate, said John Hawks, a paleoanthropologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

"Corded-Ware burials are not 'caveman' in age," Hawks told LiveScience. "We're talking about pre-Bronze Age farmers."

Read more on the debunking here.

[Links234]

woohoo, I didn't say Caveman!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showt...p?t=2056232926

[Galvasean]

Originally Posted by Links234

woohoo, I didn't say Caveman!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showt...p?t=2056232926

You know, I actually stuck my head into that forum just to make sure science wasn't being misrepresented.
Kudos

[Adam Khor]

Caveman is a man who lives in a cave... but then again, "prehistoric man" takes more space in the headlines, and regular readers don´t really care so...

As for the gay part, I'm not really convinced. Not saying it's impossible, but the evidence doesn´t seem enough to make claims about the guy's sexuality... I may be wrong, I dunno. My stuff is dinosaurs! XDD

[Alvin T. Grey]

One should always be careful of projecting todays standards of behaviour and mores on antiquity.
Different cultures have different interpretations of gender and sexuality.

Take fundementalist Muslim and compare to Dutch culture. Take polygamy and compare to christian monogamy. Look at Greek history for example. Cultures change and cultures differ greatly.

[steddyeddy]

Well the term caveman isnt an exact description as far as im aware (correct me if im wrong). As for the gay thing I have no doubt that some ancient men were gay I just find it a stretch that you can conclude a persons sexuality from a burial.

[Rubecula]

Originally Posted by steddyeddy

Well the term caveman isnt an exact description as far as im aware (correct me if im wrong). As for the gay thing I have no doubt that some ancient men were gay I just find it a stretch that you can conclude a persons sexuality from a burial.

I am not sure "gay" is an exact description either, to me it means happy. Are all homosexuals happy?

Anyway it happens to many creatures in the animal kingdom so probably has always been a part of human evolution too.

Not really bothered by it, don't give a fig on it. (LOL I nearly said the wrong thing there) What difference does it make anyway?

[Alvin T. Grey]

Originally Posted by steddyeddy

Well the term caveman isnt an exact description as far as im aware (correct me if im wrong). As for the gay thing I have no doubt that some ancient men were gay I just find it a stretch that you can conclude a persons sexuality from a burial.

It tells you about the people who buried him, not about the person himself.