Cro Magnon (1)

Cro Magnon: 

By Chane Carlos Chole & Michael macLachlan Cro Magnon

Skeletal System: 

Skeletal S ystem Cro Magon skeletal system is vary similar to modern Homo sapiens of today. Long legs Arms portion to the legs Hip bone short and narrow. Hands made for tool use and making There where about 5.5 ft. tall

locomotion: 

locomotion Cro-Magnon was completely bipedal. No sings of using hands for walking in anyway.

Brain Size: 

B rain Size The brain size of Cro Magnon is about 1400cc With such an organization of their brain this led them to have a complex speech.

Diet: 

Diet Big game, such as wooly mammoths. A nimals: reindeer, red deer and horses Ate local vegetables and fruits Most of their diet consist of vegetables

Dentition: 

Dentition Cro Magnon had a vary similar dentition to current Homo sapiens of today. Their dental formula is 2 1 2 3. Their teeth also have a thick enamel.

Behavior: 

Behavior They where able to make stone tools and use them for their daily activities. The caves they have inhabited have paintings. T hey made cords for hafting stone tools, weaving baskets, or sewing garments, and suggest that they knew how to make woven clothing They also made their own shelter from rocks, clay, branches and animal hide/fur

Geographical Location: 

G eographical Location Early modern humans most likely originated in northeastern Africa and over the next 50,000 years traveled further adapting to the changing global climates . After years of traveling their way through Africa to Morocco and simultaneously appearing eastward in southern Asia as well in Australia early modern humans seemed to have dispersed quite far from their origin. The last of these groups were known as the early modern humans of western Europe also referred to as the Cro-Magnon people, after their remains were discovered in France in 1868 .

Geographical Location Picture : 

Geographical Location Picture

Fossil Evidence: 

Fossil Evidence The most well-known Cro-Magnon fossils are the half-dozen remains in Dordogne, France as well in the Grimaldi Caves, in the Italian Riviera region. The fossils date from about 30,000-25,000 yBP . Their remains suggest that the Cro-Magnons were less stressed and more capable as hunter-gatherers than their predecessors. Their fossils have been discovered along with the skeletons of big games animals such as wooly mammoths, bison, and reindeer and with that tools made from bone, antler, and ivory. This reveals that Cro-Magnon hunted game of all sizes. Cro-Magnon lived at the mother of caves where they built shelters out of skins or in huts made of sticks, saplings, stones, animal skins, or even bones. A Mammoth-bone hut dated 15,000 years old was excavated at a site in the Ukraine .

Fossil Evidence Pictures : 

Fossil Evidence Pictures Neandertal on the left and Cro Magnon on the right Cro Magnon skull

Genetic Relations: 

Genetic Relations The ability to talk is one of the main attributes of the Cro-Magnon that separate them from Neanderthals and classify them as our closest ancestor. They had better-organized brains which is why they were more culturally sophisticated by the simple detail that they communicated. That is not to say that Neanderthals didn’t communicate but they had a more limited vocal apparatus much like that of an ape . Cro-Magnon were very similar in physical appearance to modern Europeans. Males stood about 5 feet 4 inches to 6 feet that was 4-12 inches taller than Neanderthals. Their skeletons and musculature were generally less that that of a Neanderthal. Cro-Magnon had broad, small faces with pointed chins and high foreheads. Their cranial capacity was up to 15950 cm3

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