Cro-Magnon man
Pronunciation: /krəʊˈmanjɒ̃ man, krəʊˈmagnən man/
Definition of Cro-Magnon man
noun
- the earliest form of modern human in Europe, associated with the Aurignacian flint industry. The group’s appearance circa 35,000 years ago marked the beginning of the Upper Palaeolithic and the apparent decline and disappearance of Neanderthal man; the group persisted at least into the Neolithic period.
Origin:
Cro-Magnon, the name of a hill in the Dordogne, France, where remains were found in 1868