What came first, Homo-Sapiens or Cro-Magnon?

Question

What came first, Homo-Sapiens or Cro-Magnon?

Answer 1

One in the same dude.  Cro-magnon is one fossil....but he was a homo sapien (albeit an old one)

Answer 2

They are one and the same Cro-Magnon refers to the location in France where the first remains and evidence of that culture were found.

Cro-Magnon were human. In fact their average brain size was larger then our own. The term most often is used to refer to humans of the Neolithic period, not as a racial grouping.

Cro-Magnon is physically one of the first anatomically modern humans. He is also a major development in out history as much of the "Neolithic Revolution" was with his involvement.

Cro-Magnon replaced the Neandertals in Europe at the start of the Neolithic (new stone age) some 40,000 years ago. While popular thought has been that this was an extermination of one species by a more advanced, studies have shown otherwise. Sites have been found that show the two groups living side by side for thousands of years. they don't show war or hostility. They do show the Cro-Magnon advancing in technological skills while the Neandertals remained at the same level. It's thought that simple having a lower birthrate doomed Neandertal.

Cro-Magnon was responsible for the first true artwork, the great cave paintings found in France and Spain. During the Neolithic (new stone age) man first developed the art of paint on stone surfaces. Using colored earths, carbon from soot, shells and animal fat, people would mix colors and place designs on the walls. Hands, paint brushes made of fur or grass would be used. There was also an "airbrush" this was a straw with the color held in the mouth. As one blew, the color would fly out and stick to the surface. One unique site in France has dozens of handprints made in this manner. The chilling part of this artwork is that all the hands are maimed. They are each missing one or more fingers! It's been shown that it's impossible to duplicate this by simply folding a finger under the hand. For some reason, thousands of years ago people cut off their fingers. Most of these cave painting were for religious reasons. They are placed deep in the caves, far away from living spaces. The French caves at Lascaux, dated to over 17,000 years ago contain the best examples of this art form.

While it's agreed that the paintings have a religious meaning, what they mean is debated. It's thought that the work with animals are hunters was done to attract the game or give success to the hunters. Other paintings, where etchings have been done over and over, have been interpreted to suggest that an attempt at suggesting motion was being tried.

He made great advances in stone tools. Cro-Magnon developed the blade technology by which many cutting tools could be made from a small amount of flint. He also used the blades to make many tools from bone. This produced the "Swiss Army Knife of the Neolithic" basically a block of stone that had blades knocked off whenever they were required.

The people were great hunters of reindeer and the larger game animals. They were responsible for the "Neolithic Revolution" that coincided with the end of the last ice age. The revolution consisted of domestication of animals, intensive cultivation of certain food plants, and ground stone tools. This lead to the rise of permeant habitation.

One of the greatest artforms and mysteries is the Venus figures. These are some of the oldest examples of art in the world. They are small figures of the female form. The physical characteristics of the female are greatly enlarged. The face is lacking in detail and is often just hinted at. Some figures are deliberately broken; some are very detailed, while some are plain, shaped only roughly. They are thought to represent a fertility religion. They are found spread throughout Europe and Asia.

When Neandertal was discovered people suggested that he wasn't human and shied away from accepting him. When Cro-Magnon was discovered, it seemed everyone wanted to claim him.

Answer 3

Cro-Magnon refers to a particular population of Homo sapiens in Western Europe.  So, there were H. sapiens before Cro-Magnon.

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Answer 4

cro-magnon were first and eventually taken out by homo-sapiens. yay humans!

Answer 5

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/humans...

Answer 6

cro magnon

Answer 7

Homo Sapiens are the most recent.

Answer 8

We are Homo Sapiens at this point in time... Cro Magnon was a predescendant. So Cro Magnon was first.

Answer 9

Far Left Wing ACLU Adoring Ultra Liberal Democrats .. then the evolutionary process stopped!

They now form the Cro-Magnon party sloping foreheads and all!

Answer 10

The earliest Homo sapiens in Africa, is dated to 195,000 years ago...

Cro-Magnon is just a variety of Homo sapiens that entered Europe about 40,000 years ago, and became cave dwellers and rock painters, before leaving Europe, presumably towards the south, as glaciers covered most of it, up to the Mediterranean Basin, by 12-10,000 BP...

Answer 11

Think about this, why do we have thousands of skeletal remains of dinosaurs? But zero skeletal remains of prehistoric man. Not talking about a skull cap or a femur bone.

Answer 12

according to homotologist, Cro Magnon is a type of Homo Sapien, so Homo Sapien have to exist before Cro Magnon can exist.

So Homo Sapien came before Cro Magnon man.

None of the above answer seems to state that.

Answer 13

homo sapiens is also known as modern man (us,you and me) while cro magnons lived from about 40,000 to 10,000 years ago in the paleolithic era

Answer 14

Adam

Answer 15

i think it's this order :

Cro-Magnon /  Homo-Sapiens / Homo-sexuals

:P hehe

Answer 16

Cro-Magnon

Answer 17

It seems they are one and the same. according to the answers I've read of late.

Answer 18

cro magnon is a branch of homo sapiens that inhabited the earth during the same time. It's kinda like the difference between a dog and a wolf. it's pretty d**n close.

Answer 19

this question is similar to "what came first the chicken or the egg"i have been trying to find the answer but its actually impossible!

Answer 20

What is Cro-Magnon?

Hmmm...lets see....God made the earth...put on plants then animals...then people.....hmmmm...slip in cro-magnon where ever.....

:)