First Man or Woman

First man or woman may refer to:

  • The spouse of an elected head of state, see First Lady, First Gentleman.
  • First Man, the biography of Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon.
  • The earliest anatomically modern human remains Homo sapiens idaltu
  • The first person created in one of the religious or mythical accounts of creation (see list below).

Various creation myths describe the legendary first human. In theology and literary studies, the word protoplasts is used as a technical term for the first people in this sense. In each case it can be either male, female, or a couple.

Famous quotes containing the words man and/or woman:

    It is hard to say which is the greatest fool: he who tells the whole truth, or he who tells no truth at all. Character is as necessary in business as in trade. No man can deceive often in either.
    Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

    ... the absolute freedom of woman will be the dawn of the day of man’s regeneration. In raising her he will elevate himself.
    Tennessee Claflin (1846–1923)