Cro-Magnon

English Etymology From en fr Cro-Magnon, from en oc Cròs-Manhon. Named after fr abri Abri de Cro-Magnon, a rock shelter in the commune of Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, Dordogne, France, where the first skeletons were found in 1868. Pronunciation en /kroʊˈmænjən/ RP en /kroʊˈmænjən/ /-ˈmæɡnən/ /-ˈmæɡnɑn/ GA Proper noun Cro-Magnon The rock shelter in Les Eyzies, France, where the first Cro-Magnon Man specimens were found. Noun s * Cro-Magnon en archaeology The earliest known form of modern human (Homo sapiens) in Europe, dating from the late Paleolithic. en 1994 Seymour W. Itzkoff The Decline of Intelligence in America: A Strategy for National Renewal Greenwood Publishing Group (Praeger Publishers) https://books.google.com.au/books?id=FPH_WA2YIqUC&pg=PA14&dq=%22Cro-Magnon%22%7C%22Cro-Magnons%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQ44bd-4_hAhUGeisKHSQZBxkQ6AEIoAMwRA#v=onepage&q=%22Cro-Magnon%22%7C%22Cro-Magnons%22&f=false 14 The Cro-Magnons may have been one important step beyond the Neanderthals in social organization.That the Cro-Magnons and the Neanderthals encountered each other is probable. There seems to be no more than a five-thousand-year interval between the general occupation of home sites by the Neanderthals and their replacement by Cro-Magnon tools and fossils. en 2006 Lyndall Baker Landauer The Learning Pool: Basic Science Everyone Needs to Know https://books.google.com.au/books?id=yYeMAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA85&dq=%22Cro-Magnon%22%7C%22Cro-Magnons%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQ44bd-4_hAhUGeisKHSQZBxkQ6AEIjQEwFA#v=onepage&q=%22Cro-Magnon%22%7C%22Cro-Magnons%22&f=false 85 Xlibris The Cro Magnon came to live in Europe around forty thousand years ago and most educated people have heard of them. The Cro Magnon are the ones who created the remarkable cave paintings found in southern France and Spain at Lascaux and Altamira. en 2009 Anthony Scioli; Henry B. Biller Hope in the Age of Anxiety https://books.google.com.au/books?id=C9Z1yGXyoaQC&pg=PA44&dq=%22Cro-Magnon%22%7C%22Cro-Magnons%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQ44bd-4_hAhUGeisKHSQZBxkQ6AEIhgEwEw#v=onepage&q=%22Cro-Magnon%22%7C%22Cro-Magnons%22&f=false 44 w:Oxford University Press In addition, the latest evidence suggests that the "agricultural revolution" occurred sometime during the second half of the Cro-Magnon era. Anatomically, the Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon brains were approximately the same overall size. en derogatory A backward and stupid person, a knuckle-dragger or troglodyte. Usage notes The term has no formal status, since it refers neither to a particular species or subspecies nor to an archaeological phase or culture. In current scientific literature, the term European early modern human is preferred. Alternative forms en Cromagnon Synonyms en Cro-Magnon Man, en European early modern human Related terms en Cro-Magnid, en Cro-Magnoid Translations earliest known form of modern human, in Europe Bulgarian: bg кроманьо́нец m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 克羅馬儂人 Kèluómǎnóng rén Czech: cs kromaňonec m Finnish: fi Cro-Magnonin ihminen French: fr homme de Cro-Magnon m, fr Cro-Magnon m German: de Cro-Magnon-Mensch m Japanese: ja クロマニョン人 Kuromanyon jin Occitan: oc òme de Cròsmanhon m, oc Cròsmanhon m, oc Cròs-Manhon m Polish: pl kromaniończyk m-pr, pl kromanionka f Russian: ru кроманьо́нец m, ru кроманьо́нка f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh кромањо́нац m Latin: sh kromanjónac m Ukrainian: uk кроманьйо́нець Further reading Cro-Magnon rock shelter European early modern humans en 3-syllable words terms derived from toponyms en Anthropology Hominids French Etymology fr oc Cròs-Manhon. Francization of the Occitan. Equivalent to fr creux Magnon. The name oc Manhon derives from oc manhon from fr la magnus. Pronunciation Proper noun Cro-Magnon m en Cro-Magnon the cave where the first Cro-Magnon Man specimens were found, in Les Eyzies, France Noun Cro-Magnon m fr homme de Cro-Magnon: en Cro-Magnon, a variety of early homo sapiens found in Europe Descendants bg Кроманьо́н кроманьо́нец 1 en Cro-Magnon 1 ja クロマニョン Kuromanyon クロマニョン人 Kuromanyon jin 1 ru Кро-Маньо́н кроманьо́нец 1 sh - 1 sh Кромањон кромањо́нац 1 sh Kromanjon kromanjónac 1 es cromañón 1 uk Кро-Маньйо́н кроманьйо́нець 1