cro-magnon man

     

Cro-Magnon (IPA: [kʀomaɲɔ̃] or anglicise IPA: /kɹəʊˈmægnən/) is one of the main types of Homo sapiens of the European Upper Paleolithic. It is named after the cave of Crô-Magnon in southwest France, where the first specimen was found.

Trivia about cro-magnon man

  • The remains of this successor to Neanderthal Man were discovered in France in 1868
  • Around 30,000 B.C. these hyphenated Homo Sapiens succeeded the Neanderthals in Europe
  • This early ancestor of European man was named for the French cave site where the bones were first found

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