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Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon
Upper Paleolithic |
 Over thousands of years two species the Neanderthals
and Cro-Magnons modern humans coexisted in Europe.
They may have first migrated into this region
between 40–43,000 years ago. They competed for the
natural resources and land during this age.
Scientist are working to uncover the reasons why the
Neanderthals became extinct while the Cro-Magnons
came to dominate. |
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Little Known Facts |
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"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." Read More at
Kiddle |
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"Neanderthals
knew how to calculate hunting
strategies and follow a schedule to
be in the right place at the right
time. ...according to 2011
research." |
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3.
"The Cro-Magnons were nomadic or
semi-nomadic. This means that instead of
living in just one place, they followed the migration of
the animals they wanted to hunt. They may
have built hunting camps from mammoth bones;
some of these camps were found in a village in
the Ukraine.
They also made shelters from
rocks, clay,
tree branches, and animal fur." Read More at
Kiddle |
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Cro-Magnon Online Books |
 How the Ice Age
Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans |
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The World from
Beginnings to 4000 BCE |
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Prehistoric
Man: Researches Into the Origin of
Civilization |
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Three Essays on
the Antiquity and Races of Man |
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Neanderthal Online Books |
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Neanderthals
and Modern Humans |
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Neanderthal |
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Neanderthal An
Archaeological Perspective Western
Europe |
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Neanderthals
Revisited: New Approaches and Perspectives |
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Neanderthal
Lifeways, Subsistence and Technology |
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Online Resources |
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