| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| Cro-Magnon |
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| (kroh-MAG-nuhn, kroh-MAN-yuhn) The earliest form of modern humans. The Cro-Magnons developed about 35,000 years ago and physically resembled modern Europeans. (See Homo sapiens.) | 1 |
| ‡ Cro-Magnon people painted the walls of their caves, producing some of the earliest known human art. | 2 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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