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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Cro-Mag•non (krō mag′nən, -non, -man′yən),USA pronunciation n. - Physical Anthropologyan Upper Paleolithic population of humans, regarded as the prototype of modern Homo sapiens in Europe. Skeletal remains found in an Aurignacian cave in southern France indicate that the Cro-Magnon had long heads, broad faces, and sunken eyes, and reached a height of approximately 5 ft. 9 in. (175 cm). See illus. under hominid.
- Physical Anthropologya member of the Cro-Magnon population.
- named after the cave (near Périgueux, France) where the first remains were found 1865–70
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