FACT The Caveman Effect is how we assume prehistoric people lived in caves, when theres actually no evidence of this! Cavemen lived in caves, right? Its in their name after all. This is an example of sampling bias, a bias in which a sample is collected in such a way that some members of the intended population are less likely to be included than others. Its called theCaveman Effect. Most of what we know of cavemen come from cave drawings. This doesnt mean that our ancestors didnt draw and paint outside of caves, though. Drawings on anything exposed to the elements would have been weathered away, and obviously anything drawn or carved into a tree would be gone by now. That leaves the only remaining art from that era in caves. Similarly, evidence of fire pits, middens, burial sites, etc. are most likely to remain intact to the modern era in caves. The truth is, we arent sure exactly where all of our ancestors homed. Prehistoric people are associated with caves because that is where the data still exists, not necessarily because most of them lived in caves for most of their lives.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 06:45:12 +0000
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