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"Linkavitch Chomofsky"(portrayed by Brendan Fraser) is the name that Dave and Stoney pick for the prehistoric caveman they found preserved in an underground glacier.

At the start of the film, the caveman is with his wife in an unnamed land that would one day become the United States. They are building a fire when they are apparently killed by the underground glacier. However, it ended up freezing them solid. As time passed the glacier was buried by dirt, and future generations settled the area, soon building a house that would one day be bought by the Morgan family.

When Stoney and Dave were excavating the backyard in an attempt to build a pool, they come upon the glacier. Seeing a caveman inside, they use space heaters to revive him.

Dave thinks the caveman is a "missing link", and he and Stoney refer to him as "Link". They pretend that he is a foreign exchange student from Estonia.

Link is very confused about how the world around him has changed and must adapt and learn teenage social customs at Dave and Stoney's high school. When he visits a museum on a school trip, he figures out what happened, but Dave and Stoney comfort him and tell him that they are his new family.

Link is a big hit in high school, and Dave comes to resent his popularity, but in the end Dave realizes that his friendship with Link is more important than popularity. Originally Dave just wanted to impress Robin but in the end he realizes that being introduced to Link was a good idea. Dave ends up winning the heart of Robin. When the glacier cracks further, it unearths a cavewoman, whom Stoney realizes is Link's wife. Robin gives the cavewoman a makeover to look like a modern woman.

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