Talk:knuckle dragger

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knuckledragger[edit]

No real definition. Few hits in Google books. Can it be saved? SemperBlotto 21:08, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd consider it pejorative, similar to caveman or Neanderthal, but nothing like the definition given. The lack of book hits seems to indicate that it is not a legitimate term used by paleontologists.--Dmol 21:29, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Move I think it's really "knuckle dragger". I found plenty of cites and slang dictionary entries. Neanderthal is close. There's a pejorative to it, but also just the sense that someone is some kind of "heavy" like a body-guard or a KGB tough guy. Should I start a new entry or work with what little is in this one? DCDuring 21:46, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]


less-evolved, what?[edit]

The etymology provides this: "An allusion to the practice of less-evolved larger primates of walking upright with their knuckles close to the ground." What does "less-evolved" even mean? What makes one species "more evolved" than the next? Shouldn't it be "differently evolved"? If not, there should be some quick way to gloss less-evolved. Or simply remove that term altogether and just say "the practice of larger primates" or "the practice of some primates". D. F. Schmidt (talk) 20:37, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose it means "having less cranial capacity" or something: it alludes to primates being less intellectually advanced. Equinox ◑ 20:41, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
"more primitive" might be more acceptable but degrees of the state of being evolved implies that some animals have more mutations than others, and who in society is considered "more evolved" when they have more mutations? I think the wording should be changed. any disagreement? D. F. Schmidt (talk) 16:53, 13 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds fine, as long as it captures the "less intellectually developed" angle in some way. Equinox ◑ 11:54, 15 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

To add to entry[edit]

To add to entry: when this term was first used. 173.89.236.187 18:40, 17 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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