caveman vs hominid

caveman

noun
  • Someone, especially a man, who has regressive, old-fashioned attitudes, particularly with regard to women; someone opposed to change or modernity. 

  • A brutish person, one who behaves in a rough, uncivilized way. 

  • A person with backward, primitive behavior, opinions, or interests. 

  • An early human or closely related species, popularly held to reside in caves. 

hominid

noun
  • Any primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae, which includes all the great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans) as well as humans. 

adj
  • Of the Hominidae. 

How often have the words caveman and hominid occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )