Cro-Magnon
Cro-Magnon Introduction
Cro-Magnon was also known as ‘Hole Man’. There are at least two sub-species of Homo sapiens I’ve learned about. One is Neanderthal, and the other one is Cro-Magnon. 4,000 to 10,000 years ago, the Cro-Magnons lived in Ice-Age which is now Europe.
Cro-Magnons were smart that they wore sewn clothes (with animals’ skin) decorated by stone, shell jewelries and ornaments, and they knew how to make different types of tools like hand axes, needles, sharp edges, etc.
Cro-Magnons were taller and more powerful with strong muscles than Neanderthal, another sub-species of Homo sapiens. The body was generally heavy and solid. The forehead was straight, with slight brow ridges and a tall forehead. Cro-Magnons were the first humans (genus Homo) to have a prominent chin. The brain capacity was about 1,600 cc (100 cubic inches), about the size of a modern human’s brain.
This image shows that the Cro-Magnon was more capable types of man
and as you can see, they started to wear necklaces and clothing.
They were a bit less hairy and a bit more muscular than previous man.
The facial features looked more human like and their head was a bit larger.
These two Cro-Magnons are men.
The first skeleton fossil was found in 1868, in Les Eyzies, Dordogne, France. Later discoveries were made in a number of caverns in Spain, Germany and some other countries in central Europe. Cro-Magnon was anatomically identical to modern humans.
Archaeological Artefact
As this type of Homo Sapien was evolving, so did their tools, and capability to make tools. Cro-Magnon people used hand axes, needles, sharp edges, and many more. The remains show that they used modern day spears, and axes to hunt, and to defend themselves. And the biggest improvement of all is when the bow and arrow came into use about 10,000 years ago, by the Cro-Magnon enabling the hunter to strike as many times from a safe distance, when hunting dangerous prey. The Cro-Magnon people left nothing to waste. They would always use or save the left over’s for another day. Sinews from animals were used to secure shelters, to braid into rope, or to form bow strings. Tusks from big creatures were put into use to make outstanding shelters which was then covered with skins. They started to make better clothing, and made necklaces from stones, shells, fish bones or bits of egg shell. They were very smart, and as their intelligence was brought up, in the archaeological artefacts, it would look like they accomplished the intelligence part.
Species Importance
This type of Homo Sapien is called the Cro-Magnon people. These species were important to us because they were the last people to live before modern humans. They were very intelligent than previous early man, and more skilled. They made us, what we are today, by eating more and more meat, therefore enlarging their increase in brain size. It has been a huge impact on us, because Cro-Magnon was the first to use a primitive form of language and speech, as their position of the larynx allowed them to. This enabled them to share information, share, and work together, pass down knowledge and traditions, organize hunts, and trips, and speaking more complex thoughts which involves planning for the future. All of these statements make the modern man, what they are today, and how much smarter, and intelligent they really are. As these humans developed so did their ability to make clothes, sew, and use their minds better, in order to allow us more abilities. These creatures were also important to us, because they showed more care for each other. Previous man were carless and just planned out for themselves, thinking about what matters at this moment in time, and as for the Cro-Magnon, they would care more for the tribe. They became taller, because of how much meat they were consuming, and we would be the next type of people to be taller than these creatures.
This image shows that the Cro-Magnon was more capable types of man and as you can see, they started to wear necklaces and clothing. They were a bit less hairy and a bit more muscular than previous man. The facial features looked more human like and their head was a bit larger.
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