How did cavemen know how to reproduce?

How did the early humans/cavemen know how to reproduce..

What stopped the men stomping babies out of fear when they came out of the womb?

How did they know where to insert their stuff or how to cut the umbilical cord? Even how to feed them?

PS. Don't use animal examples.

Reply 1

Crabman

2

Umbilical cords will disapear after a few days!!!

plus the answer for all the others is animal instinct!!!

Reply 2

supercoolfred

11

i presume they just tried every hole possible, our minds are the same as theirs you have to remember.

Reply 3

zKlown

19

You do realise that reproduction is natural and instinct?

That's like asking how do cats know how to reproduce or any lifeform for that matter

Reply 4

jabed786

15

i guess over time after failing to safely deliver the child and nurture ut, they came across a nvarious cavemen who looked after there kids well and it followed from there =/

Reply 5

Hanoi

15

They watched the animal programmes on the Discovery Channel.

Reply 6

hahaha_dontknow

13

They Just Do!

Reply 7

_Ravi_

10

Experimentation. Probably rape and run away and rape some other cavewoman.

Reply 8

StandingOnAir

Instinct is a powerful thing. Animals manage it without much difficulty, so it's a relevent comparison to make.

Reply 9

Trigger

18

You cant not use animals as a reason. We are from animals you know!

Reply 10

Andylol

14

It's all that porn those cavemen watch!

Reply 11

Lefty Leo

10

Well i bet if you put two oppositely sexed people with no clue of reproduction (ie, kept in their rooms individually since birth with no human contact whatsoever) they'd be hard pressed to know what to do, let alone form a coherent thought (they'd probably have gone, but that's besides the point).

I don't think it's instinct; it's a learned action, like talking or thinking.

Reply 12

Spike4848

12

We are animals. Cavemen were animals - less sophisticated animals.

It's not a comparison - cavemen fall into the same catagory of animals and so you can talk about them in the same breath when it comes to reproductive instinct etc.

Reply 13

JecAL

8

Have you ever watched 'The blue lagoon'? They didn't know anything about having sex. It's just natural instinct (and sorry for using that as my example; couldn't think of anything non-fictional lol)

Reply 14

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

17

they did stamp on their babies, wtf you going on about

Reply 15

lukaefc

8

Adam and Eve told them

Reply 16

HJV

16

Lefty Leo

Well i bet if you put two oppositely sexed people with no clue of reproduction (ie, kept in their rooms individually since birth with no human contact whatsoever) they'd be hard pressed to know what to do, let alone form a coherent thought (they'd probably have gone, but that's besides the point).

I don't think it's instinct; it's a learned action, like talking or thinking.

Dogs are raised in separate homes among humans, nobody ever teaches them how to mate. Yet when you put two of these dogs together, they know how to.

Are you saying humans are stupider than dogs?

Reply 17

Spike4848

12

Ape Gone Insane

What exactly does your sig mean? :biggrin:

It interested me.

Oh, 'tis just the idea that people (Ayckbourne specifies English but I think it applies to all) are class obsessed and will quickly impose ranking and 'order' within minutes.

Reply 18

Lefty Leo

10

HJV

Dogs are raised in separate homes among humans, nobody ever teaches them how to mate. Yet when you put two of these dogs together, they know how to.

Are you saying humans are stupider than dogs?

Hmm i don't know if there's something to be said about what you're saying. Send emmielociraptor a PM. Tell her i told you she's a natural biologist. :smile:

Reply 19

Floofy

11

Why shouldn't we use animal examples?

We're pretty much that same. ^-^

How did cavemen know how to reproduce?

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