Pronunciation: kr ō - ' mag-n ə n, - ' man-y ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: Cro-Magnon, a cave near Les Eyzies, France
Date: 1869
: a hominid of a tall erect race of the Upper Paleolithic known from skeletal remains found chiefly in southern France and classified as the same species ( Homo sapiens ) as present day humans