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proper noun

Cro-magnon n.

A race of human-like hominids of the Upper Paleolithic in Europe, considered of the same species as modern humans (Homo sapiens). Their skeletal remains were found mostly in southern France.

A member of the Cro-Magnon race.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Cro-magnon" Quotes from Famous Books

... the Cro-Magnon man. etc., Dr. Dawson has said: "Geological evidence resolves itself into a calculation of the rate of erosion of river valleys, of deposition of gravel and cave-earths, and of formation of stalagmite crusts, all of which are so variable ...

— Evolution - An Investigation and a Critique • Theodore Graebner

... considerably higher type are not wanting. In the rock shelter of Cro-Magnon, France, were found the bones of three men, one woman, and one child, of more advanced character. These, however, are of late date and may have been early neolithic. At Engis, near Liege, Belgium, a deeply buried skull, associated with many remains of extinct ...

— Man And His Ancestor - A Study In Evolution • Charles Morris

... now in the country of the Band-lu, the spearmen of Caspak. Bowen had remarked in his narrative that these people were analogous to the so-called Cro-Magnon race of the Upper Paleolithic, and I was therefore very anxious to see them. Nor was I to be disappointed; I saw them, all right! We had left the Sto-lu country and literally fought our way through cordons of wild beasts for two ...

— The People that Time Forgot • Edgar Rice Burroughs