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Neanderthals are the closest extinct human relative. With their large middle part of the face, huge nose, and angular cheekbones, they seem like completely different creatures to us—cavemen. However, they were not so different from us as their brains were as large as ours and there’s even some evidence that they buried their dead, occasionally marking graves with offerings such as flowers. And that’s something that no other primate or human species has ever practiced beside us.

To prove that they are not so different from us, the online creative marketplace DesignCrowd decided to hold a fun contest. They invited designers all over the world to recreate celebrities as Neanderthals or simply cavemen. After three years and six wonderful contests, here are the best entries for “Celebrity Neanderthals”! Here you will find such famous actors like Willem Dafoe and Tommy Lee Jones, as well as singers like Shakira and rappers like Snoop Dogg, turned into cavemen!

More info: designcrowd.co.nz

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Snoop Dogg

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    Shakira

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    Andres Tejeda
    Community Member
    6 years ago

    I didn't know cavemen had their own Shakira.

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    #3

    Tommy Lee Jones

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    Pretty Pangolin
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    6 years ago

    "This IS my happy face."

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    #4

    Harrison Ford

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    manon M
    Community Member
    6 years ago

    The croods!!

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    Danny Trejo

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    TS Rhodes
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    6 years ago

    Danny Trejo already looks like a cave man.

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    Jake Gyllenhall

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    Hugh Laurie

    Hugh Laurie

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    Jane Alexander
    Community Member
    6 years ago

    Wow, much improved!

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    #8

    Al Pacino

    Al Pacino

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    Andres Tejeda
    Community Member
    6 years ago

    So Al Pacino didn't shave for quarantine.

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    #9

    Willem Dafoe

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    Fulsome Kitten
    Community Member
    6 years ago

    Nah, this is Smeagol midway into becoming Gollum.

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    #10

    Ashley Olsen

    Ashley Olsen

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    Michael Jackson
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    4 years ago

    so why is her hair done and dyed and she's wearing makeup

    #11

    Matt Damon

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    Tobey Maguire

    Tobey Maguire

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    Андрей Константинов
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Not a patch on ANY picture by Zdenek Burian. Modern hairstyle just hits the last nail into the coffin lid.

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    #13

    Kate Winslet

    Kate Winslet

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    Demongrrrrl
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    6 years ago

    I think this one's really good.

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    #14

    Robert Pattinson

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    RoseTheMad
    Community Member
    6 years ago

    I literally see no differences whatsoever

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    Brad Pitt

    Brad Pitt

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    LaTasha Strahan
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    He looks like his own Flintstone character, Slab Pitt.

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    George Clooney

    George Clooney

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    Nancy Arellano
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Looks the same

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    #17

    Gene Hackman

    Gene Hackman

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    Pretty Pangolin
    Community Member
    6 years ago

    I like this one.

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    #18

    Russell Crowe

    Russell Crowe

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    Bacony
    Community Member
    6 years ago

    Why is he wearing Homo Sapiens clothes?

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    Daniel Craig

    Daniel Craig

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    Nancy Arellano
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Ugly as crap

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    #20

    Sean Penn

    Sean Penn

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    Nancy Arellano
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Looks like a troll

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    #21

    Will Smith

    Will Smith

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    Michael Jackson
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    4 years ago

    I wonder what would happen if THIS GUY slapped chris rock

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    #22

    Jason Statham

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    Jessica Cole
    Community Member
    6 years ago

    Cave men didn't shave their heads and face... C'mon, wheres the authenticity?!

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    Brad Pitt

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    TaranW
    Community Member
    6 years ago

    Caveman Brad has a time traveling barber I see. Gotta have that swept-back look.

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    Marilyn Monroe

    Marilyn Monroe

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    Dippin Dot
    Community Member
    6 years ago

    That's just wrong.

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    #25

    Morgan Freeman

    Morgan Freeman

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    Fred Forbush
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Minimal forehead.

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    #26

    Robert De Niro

    Robert De Niro

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    Nancy Arellano
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Otszi the frozen man from the Italian Alps

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    #27

    Scarlett Johansson

    Scarlett Johansson

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    The Schuyler Sisters
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    No...just no

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    #28

    Rihanna

    Rihanna

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    Pretty Pangolin
    Community Member
    6 years ago

    I wonder if the artists had any qualms about showing black and hispanic celebs as cavemen. Not sure what I think about it. After all, there are plenty of white celebs in the group. It's just such a fraught time that the question must've come up.

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    #29

    Nick Nolte

    Nick Nolte

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    Andres Tejeda
    Community Member
    6 years ago

    So he got a tan?

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    Sean Connery

    Sean Connery

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    Pretty Pangolin
    Community Member
    6 years ago

    So cavepeople wore toupees?

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    #31

    Russell Crowe

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    Jared HungMan
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Do Arnold Schwarzenegger as a Neanderthal, I want to see that.