| Noun | 1. | primitive person - a person who belongs to early stage of civilizationaborigine - the earliest known inhabitants of a region Basket Maker - early Amerindians related to the Pueblo; known for skill in making baskets homo erectus - a member of an extinct species of human being; probably an ancestor of modern man ape-man, missing link - hypothetical organism formerly thought to be intermediate between apes and human beings | |