Cro-Magnon Definition

krō-măgnən, -mănyən
noun
A member of this group.
Webster's New World
A form of modern Homo sapiens inhabiting Europe in the late Pleistocene around 30,000 years ago and characterized by a broad face and tall stature. It is known from skeletal remains first found in the Cro-Magnon cave in southern France.
American Heritage
adjective
Belonging to a prehistoric, Caucasoid type of human who lived on the European continent, distinguished by tallness and erect stature, and by the use of stone and bone implements, principally of Aurignacian culture.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Cro-Magnon

Noun

Singular:
Cro-Magnon
Plural:
cro-magnons

Origin of Cro-Magnon

  • Cro-Magnon is the name of a cave in the Dordogne, France, where the first skeletons were found in 1868.

    From Wiktionary

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