The Evolution Man by Roy Lewis
I'd read this about 20 years ago and stumbled upon it in my bookshelves to give it another try. This short novel written in the early 1960s is narrated from the point of view of a caveman, and it's all about the evolution of man from the protagonists' point of view. The hilarity (and it really is funny) comes from the fact that the commentary is modern even if what happens is relatively accurate to prehistoric times. For example, the protagonist's father worries that they are still in the early pleistocene despite all their inventions (like controlling fire and eating cooked meat...) There's a lot of subtext, particularly exploring the tension between conservatism and progress for the sake of progress, and kind of making fun of both views. Highly recommended.
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