Cro-Magnon

The Cro-Magnon were early modern humans (early Homo sapiens). They lived in Europe during the Upper

Palaeolithic period.[1] Some anthropologists use the term "European early modern humans" to describe the Cro-Magnons.

The earliest known Cro-Magnon remains are between 35,000 and 45,000 years old, based on radiometric dating. The oldest remains, from 43,000 – 45,000 years ago, were found in Italy[3] and Britain. Other remains also show that Cro-Magnons reached the Russian Arctic about 40,000 years ago. Cro-Magnons had powerful bodies, which were usually heavy and solid with strong muscles. Unlike Neanderthals, which had slanted foreheads, the Cro-Magnons had straight foreheads, like modern humans. Their faces were short and wide with a large chin. Their brains were slightly larger than the average human's is today.