Definitions for Cro-Magnon

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Cro-Magnon Cro-Mag·non

Spelling: [kroh-mag-nuh n, -non, -man-yuh n]

IPA: /kroʊˈmæg nən, -nɒn, -ˈmæn yən/

Cro-Magnon is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 278 anagrams from letters in Cro-Magnon (-acgmnnoor).

Definitions for Cro-Magnon

noun

1. 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 cm).
2. a member of the Cro-Magnon population.

Origin of Cro-Magnon

First recorded in 1865-70; named after the cave (near Périgueux, France) where the first remains were found

Examples for Cro-Magnon

Below and before him went on the everyday life of a Cro-Magnon village.

But the Cro-Magnon folk decreased in numbers, in stature, apparently also in ability and vitality.

They have shown us the elephants the Cro-Magnon painted and the statues he carved and they have surrounded him with much glory.

Even the average man will shorten his life span like a Cro-Magnon.

You mean he thought it proved the Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon came from other planets.

The Cro-Magnon race was already declining in physique and numbers during the Magdalenian.

The answer is given to us by the skeletons found in the cave of Cro-Magnon.

Cro-Magnon man had always been a reindeer hunter, accustomed and well adapted to the life and conditions of tundra or steppe.

He had liked him even less as he grew into magnificent Cro-Magnon manhood.

As in most Cro-Magnon settlements, the chief's own cave was nearest the cliff's top.