First man may refer to:
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Protoplasts
Protoplast (), is a biology, biological term coined by Johannes von Hanstein, Hanstein in 1880 to refer to the entire cell, excluding the cell wall. Protoplasts can be generated by stripping the cell wall from plant, bacterium, bacterial, or fu ...
, a technical term for the legendary first people of any creation myth, including a list of first men and women in different traditions
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Adam and Eve, the first people in Abrahamic religions (Adam and Hawa in Islam; Adam and Chava in Judaism)
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Manu (Hinduism) and
Shatarupa, the first people in Dharmic religions
* The first human or human species, see
human evolution
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Homo Erectus
''Homo erectus'' (; meaning "upright man") is an extinct species of archaic human from the Pleistocene, with its earliest occurrence about 2 million years ago. Several human species, such as '' H. heidelbergensis'' and '' H. antecessor' ...
, oldest known humanoid species
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Neanderthal, species of primitive hominids
Media
* ''
First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong'', the 2005 official biography of American astronaut Neil Armstrong
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''First Man'' (film), a 2018 film adaptation of the biography
* ''
The First Man'', Albert Camus' unfinished final novel, published in 1994
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''The First Man'' (film), the 2011 film adaptation of the novel
* The First Men, the initial human settlers of Westeros in George R. R. Martin's ''
A Song of Ice and Fire
''A Song of Ice and Fire'' is a series of epic fantasy novels by the American novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin. He began the first volume of the series, ''A Game of Thrones'', in 1991, and it was published in 1996. Martin, who init ...
'' series
* First Men, name of the extant human species in Olaf Stapledon's ''
Last and First Men
''Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future'' is a "future history" science fiction novel written in 1930 by the British author Olaf Stapledon. A work of unprecedented scale in the genre, it describes the history of humanity from t ...
''
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"First Man" (song), a 2019 song by Camila Cabello from her album ''Romance''
See also
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Anatomically modern human
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Archaic humans
A number of varieties of ''Homo'' are grouped into the broad category of archaic humans in the period that precedes and is contemporary to the emergence of the earliest early modern humans (''Homo sapiens'') around 300 ka. Omo-Kibish I (Omo I) f ...
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Dawn man (disambiguation) Dawn man may refer to:
* Piltdown Man, an early 20th-century paleoanthropological hoax
*Any archaic human species
See also
* Dawn Man theory, theory inspired by the Piltdown Man
* Dawn's Men, a neolithic stone circle in Cornwall, England
* An ...
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Early man (disambiguation) Early man may refer to:
*Human evolution
*''Early Man'' (album), a 2000 album by Steve Roach
* ''Early Man'' (film), a 2018 Aardman Animations film
*Early Man (band), a three-piece heavy metal band
** ''Early Man'' (EP), their 2005 eponymous EP
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Eponymous founder
An origin myth is a myth that describes the origin of some feature of the natural or social world. One type of origin myth is the creation or cosmogonic myth, a story that describes the creation of the world. However, many cultures have st ...
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First lady
First lady is an unofficial title usually used for the wife, and occasionally used for the daughter or other female relative, of a non-monarchical
A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state fo ...
or First gentleman, an honorary title borne by the spouse or partner of an elected head of state
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First woman (disambiguation)
First woman may refer to:
* Eve, the first woman in Abrahamic religions
** Aclima, Luluwa or Calmana, in Abrahamic traditions, the first woman born
* Lilith, the first independent woman created and demonic figure in Judaic mythology, supposedly t ...
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List of countries and islands by first human settlement
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Most recent common ancestor of humans
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Mitochondrial Eve, the matrilineal most recent common ancestor of all currently living humans
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Y-chromosomal Adam, the patrilineal most recent common ancestor of all currently living men
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Primus inter pares
''Primus inter pares'' is a Latin phrase meaning first among equals. It is typically used as an honorary title for someone who is formally equal to other members of their group but is accorded unofficial respect, traditionally owing to their sen ...
, a first among equals
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Princeps, the title of Roman emperors
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