The Cro-Magnon name began after five early modern human skeletons were discovered in a French rock shelter in 1868 and were treated as distinct from Neanderthals and living humans. Early anthropology ...

The hunting prowess of the Neanderthal matched those who supplanted them, the Cro-Magnon, say researchers who have examined ungulate teeth and bones found in a cave in which both types of hominids ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Red/brown plaster cast cranium of Cro ...

Step back into the Paleolithic and meet Europe’s first modern humans. Discover how the Cro-Magnons lived, hunted, and laid the foundation for future European civilizations. These 5 Early Alzheimer’s ...

Why is Homo neanderthalensis gone while Homo sapiens have bent the world to our will? In recent years, there has been speculation that climate change wiped out Neanderthal people, or interbreeding ...