Troglodyte

Please excuse my ignorance, could someone please take the time to tell me the meaning of the word "troglodyte" and also give me the proper way to pronouce it. I have taken the time to look it up in the dictionary and have not been able to find it. Thanks Doug

doug, from webster's new world dictionary......

troglodyte: from L>troglodyta> Gr.>troglodytes one who creeps into holes, cave dweller
1. a member of an ancient or prehistoric people that lived in caves, cave man; hence
2a) a hermit,recluse; b) anyone who lives in a primitive, low or degenerative fashion.
3) an anthropoid ape as a chimpanzee or gorilla

pronunciation--best as i can without using any accent keys on the keyboard: trawg-low-dite

bonus points to anyone who can remember the brit?rock song/group from the sixties using this word!

Trog-lo-dyte
1: A member of a primitive people dwelling in caves.
2: A person resembling a troglodyte ( as in reclusive habits or outmoded or reactionary attitudes).
Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary tenth edition

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. . . CES

Kudos to you Doug. There is nothing wrong with asking for clarification in the quest for more knowledge. At least some good came out of a thread loaded with stereotyping and closed minds.
As for the British rock band...could it be The Trogs? Or was it The Troggs. I believe they did a version of "Wild Thing"... Wild Thing/I really love you/I want to know you name...

The song was a three chord wonder but stuck with you. Boy, am I dating myself or what?

I am not sure I have this right, but it may give you a lead or two to follow.

I seem to remember that a trolodyte is somewhat akin to a cro-magnon or other *cave man* type of homo erectus (mankind)...I keep remembering something about comic books and the *Alley Oop* cartoon strip. I don't know whether it is a real anthropological *species* or a made up word by the the artist of *Alley Oop*.

I'm sure some other of us old geezers (male or female) will have a better or more detailed recollection.

I can remember the group and the word being in a song, but after that I'm lost...;-))...

Actually, the term troglodyte just is a generic term for either cave dweller or as I was implying a person with a reactionary or outdated view.

It is not a subspecies or species of hominid or protohominid.
The list of those is something like this (as each new find is discovered the evolutionary tree is being rethought).

Australopithecines >Homo habilus(?)> Homo erectus > Homo sapiens + Homo neaderthalensis (?) or Homo sapiens neaderthalensis > and finally, Homo sapiens sapiens (Cro-magnon and ourselves). Most of us have evolved, but some modern humans suffer from "delayed evolutionary syndrome." (?) = open to scientific debate about whether or not it should be considered a separate species or not.

*........ Most of us have evolved, but some modern humans suffer from "delayed evolutionary syndrome." (?) = open to scientific debate about whether or not it should be considered a separate species or not.....*

I love it!........;-)))........