Cro-Magnon

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Cro-Magnon

• 35,000 to 10,000 years ago

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Physical Description

• Identical to modern
• man
• Brain size 1600 cc

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Location/Climate

• France
• Lived during the last ice-age

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Tools

• Made out of bone, ivory and stone
• Wore clothes
• Wore jewelry made out of shell and bone
• Made needles out of carved bone to sew clothes
• Used clay to make pots to make food
• Made musical instruments out of plants, wood and
  animal skins

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Tools cont

• Made harpoons out of rope, bones and a large
  stick to catch whales.
• Projectile point was made out of stone and wood
  and it was used to kill animals
• Made toys out of clay and bone

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Shelter

• Lived in caves because of the ice age
• In warmer climates they made huts out of
  branches, and animal skins
• First to have permanent homes

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Cave Paintings
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Extras

• Made fine artwork
• Decorated tools, beads, ivory carvings, shell
  jewelry, clay figures, musical instruments
• Took over Neanderthal caves and made them their
  own
• Developed a rich and complex language

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Extras cont

• Had social alliances
• Traded goods
• Often painted their bodies
• May have created the first calendar