Caveman marketing



You can always count on clever marketing to sell you what you don't need. "Producers" of expensive bottled water and even canned oxygen have over the years aimed to sell us two of the most abundant, and let's not forget free, substances on earth. It was only a matter a of time before being a Neanderthal became in vogue.

As reported by Spiegel Online, the Berlin restaurant Sauvage is now offering a culinary experience inspired by the habits of the Stone Age. Under the banner of "Paleolithic cuisine", the menu consists of only foods that our predecessors would have chomped on two million years ago, such as organic fruit and vegetables, meat, fish, eggs, nuts and seeds. No cheese or bread is allowed and likewise, those with a sweet-tooth would be better advised to scavenge elsewhere.

An new lifestyle that mimics caveman-era life has developed around the concept: some even donate blood regularly on the theory that Stone Age hunters had to bleed for their meals.

We suggest this could be further embraced with foot-powered cars, tiger-skin shirts and Wilma Flintstone hairdos for the ladies.

Skewed figures

In the village of Mevagissey in southwest England the housing stock has doubled in the last century while the number of residents is half the historic high. The village's Neighbourhood Development Plan states that 26% of homes are holiday retreats. Prices are high, averaging around £300,000, £50,000 more than the Cornish average of £250,000. The local average wage is £15,458. 

THE SPECS

Engine: 6.75-litre twin-turbocharged V12 petrol engine 

Power: 420kW

Torque: 780Nm

Transmission: 8-speed automatic

Price: From Dh1,350,000

On sale: Available for preorder now