A troglodyte is a human
cave dweller, from the Greek 'hole, mouse-hole' and 'go in, dive in'.
Troglodyte and derived forms may also refer to:
Historiography
* ''
Troglodytae'' or ''Troglodyti'', an ancient group of people from the African Red Sea coast
Science
* ''
Homo troglodytes
Human taxonomy is the classification of the human species (systematic name ''Homo sapiens'', Latin: "wise man") within zoological taxonomy. The systematic genus, ''Homo'', is designed to include both anatomically modern humans and extinct varie ...
'', an invalid taxon coined by Carl Linnaeus to refer to a legendary creature
* ''Pan troglodytes'', the
common chimpanzee
The chimpanzee (''Pan troglodytes''), also known as simply the chimp, is a species of Hominidae, great ape native to the forest and savannah of tropical Africa. It has four confirmed subspecies and a fifth proposed subspecies. When its close r ...
*
''Troglodytes'' (bird), a genus of small bird
Arts and fiction
Music
*
Troglodyte (band)
Troglodyte is a death metal band from Independence, Missouri. The band has a horror punk inspired look and writes songs about Bigfoot. They have released four studio albums so far.
History
Formed in early 2005, the band was formed by singer Jeff ...
, a metal band from Kansas City
* "
Troglodyte (Cave Man)", a funk song by the Jimmy Castor Bunch on their 1972 album ''It's Just Begun''
* The Troglodytes, a British band who became known as
The Troggs
*"The Troglodyte Wins", a song by American rapper and producer
Busdriver on his 2007 studio album ''
RoadKillOvercoat
''RoadKillOvercoat'' is a studio album by American rapper Busdriver. It was released on Epitaph Records in 2007.
Critical reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album rec ...
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* "Troglodyte", a song by Swedish post-punk Band
Viagra Boys on their 2022 album ''
Cave World''
Other media
*
Caveman, a stock character based upon widespread concepts of the way in which early prehistoric humans may have looked and behaved
* ''Troglodyte'', a 2009 film also known as ''
Sea Beast''
*
Troglodyte (Dungeons & Dragons), a race of humanoid monsters in the game ''Dungeons & Dragons''
* Troglodistes, a group of mole-men who live in the sewers of Paris in the film ''
Delicatessen''
* ''Troglodites'', a fictional tribe described in Montesquieu's ''
Persian Letters''
* Troglodytes, Max Stones' lavamen workers who mine gold, in a segment from ''
Sealab 2021''
* ''Troglodytes'', a 2010 book by
Ed Lynskey
* Troglodytes, a fictional group of cave dwelling cannibals in the 2015 movie ''
Bone Tomahawk''
*
Morlocks, a fictional species created by H. G. Wells for his 1895 novel, ''The Time Machine''
See also
*
Trog (disambiguation)
*
Troglobite, a cave animal
*
Trilobite, a group of extinct marine arthropods
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