Yeah, but weren't the australopithacus (spelling?) robustus huge...granted, they weren't even technically humans, but I bet they could whip some ass though.
robust Australopithecines were big for their time, as compared to gracile Australopithecines (the fossile "Lucy" was gracile) But Homo neanderthalensis (Neanderthals) would beat Australopiths out easily.
Problem is, you can't extrapolate. Historically, people became smaller when they changed from a hunter-gatherer society to an agrarian-based society.
But we're talking about a straight-up fight, not some kind of who-can-build-the-best-civilization contest.
the answer is irrelavent, cause a ninja would kill both of them and their dogs. ninjas are just too stealthy and cool, and by that i mean totally sweet.
Yea, but all the astronauts would have to do is say something like this: Astronaut: "Hey, Neanderthal, isn't that a Wooly Mammoth over there?" Caveman: grunts curiously and looks away from the astronaut Astronaut: kicks caveman in the family jewels, caveman doubles over
Captina Kirk could beat them all. With one hand tied behind his back. And funky 60's fight music in the background.
Actually, since the cavemen wouldn't understand English, they would probably just club the NASA nerd while he was making "funny noises".
Ah, you are right about that but I would counter with this: The astronaut realizes this and grunts to the caveman about a wooly mammoth, thus getting him to look away, and THEN he hits him in the family jewels.
Astronaut: "Well, hello good fellow. My name is Nils Anderson, with a PhD in physical chemistry. How do you do?" Caveman: "........" Astronaut: "I say! Isn't that a wooly mammoth over there? You know, chum, the wooly mammoth, also known as mammuthus primigenius, existed primarily during the Late Pleistocene epoch. It fed on low tundra vegetation in which it scraped away snow and ice from..." ** Caveman smashes the astronaut's head in with a rock ** CASE CLOSED
I'm not so sure that the caveman would be better at raw fighting. From what I can tell, these guys only eat meat and berries(and barely enough to live at that), with none of the strength training that modern astronaut has. They probably have a better killer instinct though. But I'd have to give the physical advantage to the astronaut.
Contemporary 1. Belonging to the same period of time Rock and club are to caveman as gun is to astronaut.
Hydra said modern. Rocks aren't modern. Anti, this is a pretty lame argument. Let's just agree to disagree and go on with our lives.
