Cro-Magnon

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Cro-Ma·gnon | \ krō-ˈmag-nən

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, -ˈman-yən\

Definition of Cro-Magnon

: a hominid of a tall erect race of the Upper Paleolithic known from skeletal remains found chiefly in southern France and classified as the same species (Homo sapiens) as present-day humans

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