# The Hairless One — Before Adam character guide

> The Hairless One in Before Adam by Jack London.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Hairless One, The Hairless One

**First appearance:** 0014-xiii

## Who they are

A strange, hairless human encountered by the tribe.

## Relationships

### [Old Marrow-Bone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/before_adam_se/characters/old_marrow_bone)

_friendship_

Old Marrow-Bone and The Hairless One share a companionable relationship, likely as fellow survivors or allies.

## In the story

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/before_adam_se/chapters/viii)

Son of Old Marrow-Bone; allows his father to occupy a corner of his cave.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/before_adam_se/chapters/ix)

Observed beating his chest and bristling but afraid to confront Red-Eye.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/before_adam_se/chapters/xiv)

Father of the Singing One; attempts to express cooperative anger but lacks the vocabulary.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/before_adam_se/chapters/xv)

Killed by an arrow from the Fire People during the carrot patch ambush.

## Links

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