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It would have been almost impossible for Cavemen to dig caves to live in with the tools they had at the time, they were probably natural formations.

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How do cavemen used caves as?

Cavemen used caves as shelter for protection from the elements, predators, and other dangers. They would seek out natural caves or create their own shelters by modifying caves with materials like rocks and branches. Caves also provided a stable and cool environment for storage of tools, food, and other resources.


What kind of homes did cavemen live in?

Cavemen primarily lived in simple shelters made from materials like wood, bone, and animal hides. These shelters were temporary and could be in caves, rock overhangs, or structures built with branches and leaves. They did not have permanent dwellings like modern houses.


How did cavemen think of the idea of cave painting?

Cavemen likely observed patterns and images in their environment, such as animal tracks or natural formations. They may have also used pigments for body decoration and then started applying them to cave walls. The motivation behind cave paintings may have been to communicate and record information, or for spiritual or ritualistic purposes.


Did the middle stone age people build houses?

No, I think that in the stone age cavemen would have lived caves and would consider it to be their homes. After all, they are called cavemen so it's obvious that they lived in caves!!!! If they lived in houses they'd be housemen or somethinglike that.


What do you call the study of caves?

Speleology: it's a blanket term for a wide range of sciences including geology, hydrology, biology and archaeology each studying its own interests within the caves.

Related Questions

When did the cavemen die out?

They didn't, they ran out of caves, made their own and called them houses.


How do cavemen used caves as?

Cavemen used caves as shelter for protection from the elements, predators, and other dangers. They would seek out natural caves or create their own shelters by modifying caves with materials like rocks and branches. Caves also provided a stable and cool environment for storage of tools, food, and other resources.


How did cavemen get there name?

They were men that lived in caves.


Did cavemen live in villeges or towns?

its in the name...... caves...


How did cavemen make their homes?

caves maybe???


Cave men and women dug and made their caves?

Yes, prehistoric humans likely used tools to dig and shape caves for shelter. Archaeological evidence indicates that early humans inhabited caves to protect themselves from the elements and predators. This process of digging and shaping caves would have provided a safe and secure living space for these early humans.


Where can you use dig on Pokemon HeartGold?

you can use dig in any cave. It gets you out of caves in no time. :D


What was art of early man?

cavemen made pictures on the walls of caves


Why don't cavemen exist?

because they lived in caves


When did the cavemen use caves as a shelters?

Cavemen used caves as shelters during prehistoric times, around 2 million to 10,000 years ago. Caves provided natural protection from the elements and predators, making them ideal temporary homes for early humans.


Where did cavemen shelter?

Mostly natural shelters, like caves, trees, or outcroppings of rock. (Why do you think they were called "cavemen"?) They may have built simple lean-tos of branches or animal hides, or slept on open ground, covered in hides or furs.


Does a spotted hyena build their own shelter?

They don’t use shelters.