A Family in the Stone Age (French: Une famille à l'âge de pierre) is a 1892 oil on canvas painting by the Academic artist Emmanuel Benner, now in the Unterlinden Museum in Colmar, Alsace, France (inventory number 88.RP.24).

[2][3] The painting was exhibited at the 1892 Salon de Paris (catalog #122), under the French title L’alerte ; âge de pierre (The Alarm ; The Stone Age).

[4] Like Benner's earlier Lakeside Dwelling, the painting depicts a scene from life in prehistoric times; here the artist shows three generations of a family of cave dwellers facing the threat of a bear.

They are all dressed in a primitive way, covered in animal skins, and the child, who is crouching in the ground, is entirely naked.

The painting was donated to the museum by the artist's family, including his nephew, painter Many Benner.