Why did Cro-Magnon become extinct?

Question

Im not asking you to tell me how to think to #3 poster. If I needed someone to tell me how to think how would I know anything for myself?

Anyways, I'm asking how the cro-magnon typed suddenly vanished and was replaced by an inferior caucasian AKA indo-european.

Answer 1

They didn't become extinct, and they had a larger brain capacity because they were bigger all over. In places with good preservation you can see them slowly changing over the milenia into Modern Europeans and North Africans. Apparently, they were very similar to the Finns morphologically.

They managed to DNA test  a Cro-Magnons bones once, he was Mt DNA haplotype N.

Answer 2

Cro-Magnon never became extinct!

Cro-Magnon is genetically identical to us living today! He left Europe by 12,000 BCE, because it was covered by a glacier up to the shores of the Mediterranean Basin!

By the time "He" returned to Europe, after the ice had melted (Some 2,000+ years later), He was no longer referred to as Cro-Magnon, but rather Caucasian, honoring his original home in the region of the Caucasus Mountains!

Cro-Magnon only refers to a cave in southern France where 5 skeletal remains were found dating to appx. 30,000 BP. Cro-Magnon is not a sub-species. It is Neanderthal that was the sub-species, though there is evidence of cross-breeding with humans from the Cro-Magnon period, in Europe!

Answer 3

The name comes from the small French village where the remains were first found. It refers to the culture not the race of people. As such Cro-Magnon didn't "go extinct." The culture changed, new people moved in and others moved out.

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, sh only roughly. They are thought to represent a fertility religion. They are found spread throughout Europe and Asia.

Answer 4

since their body mass and muscles were tuned to a much colder temperture, they most likely died out due to the changing environment after the last major ice age.

Answer 5

Lets address the first issue first. There is no solid evidence that a Cro-Magnon ever existed. We have a scant few number of bones that even when put together in the best position we can guess, do not for a while body, much less anything different than modern day humans.

Secondly, Brain size means nothing. The average whale has a brain bigger than you and I, but there is no evidence supporting their intelligence beyond being sentient. The ability of the brain to fold and make new connections is what causes "smartness", or the ability to think faster, think more, think more deeply, or any other factor.

Cro-Magnon probably never existed. If he had, he probably became extinct when Indo-European came along. If this wasn't the case, then there would be no reason for him to adapt, and subsequently become extinct. This would mean were all still Cro-Magnon, and our current state is a misnomer.

Answer 6

Apparently cro mangons spent all their time on yahoo answers and their society fell apart because they blew off work and school and just kept answering and asking silly questions...