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Cro-Magnon
[kroh-mag-nuhn, -non, -man-yuhn]
noun
an Upper Paleolithic population of humans, regarded as the prototype of modern Homo sapiens in Europe. Skeletal remains found in an Aurignacian cave in southern France indicate that the Cro-Magnon had long heads, broad faces, and sunken eyes, and reached a height of approximately 5 feet 9 inches (175 centimeters).
a member of the Cro-Magnon population.
Cro-Magnon
An early form of modern human (Homo sapiens) inhabiting Europe in the late Paleolithic Period, from about 40,000 to 10,000 years ago, characterized by a broad face and tall stature. It is known from skeletal remains first found in the Cro-Magnon cave in southern France. Cro-Magnons coexisted with European Neanderthal populations for several thousand years, although there is little evidence of interbreeding.
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Cro-Magnon
The earliest form of modern humans. The Cro-Magnons developed about 35,000 years ago and physically resembled modern Europeans. (See Homo sapiens.)
Word History and Origins
Origin of Cro-Magnon1
Example Sentences
Mr. Stern, who described himself as a “normal conservative” that doesn’t blindly follow a fearless leader, felt that a sizable portion of the public is as intelligent as a cro-magnon man — one of the early ancestors of modern humans.
He vowed to pursue a “Cro-Magnon diet,” an allusion to cave-dwelling early humans in the French southwest.
He said he based the concept of He-Man on his vision of Cro-Magnon men, as well as Vikings.
And let’s hope the Cro-Magnon who allegedly took his mandate notice, wiped himself with it and dropped it on the floor of a station house in Pacific Palisades is the first to go.
Hall has a square chin, broad Cro-Magnon brow and flinty green eyes.
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