Cro-Magnon

1. Cro-Magnon By Zach, Joe, Jenna, Robin

2. Physical Appearance • The Cro-Magnon were one of the first humans to look like modern humans. • They had pointed chins, and a smaller jaw, teeth, and nose than modern humans do. • Their average height of a Cro-Magnon was 4 to 5 feet.

3. Fire • The Cro-Magnons were able to make fire. They used fire for warmth, for cooking, to scare away predators, to hunt, and for light. • They created a spark by banging stones together. • They kept the fire burning by throwing in wood from the forest.

4. Tools • The Cro-Magnon used fire, spears, arrowheads, hammers, and many more tools like the ones listed. They used the tools for skinning animals, hunting, digging, cooking, building, and more. • They used tusks and bones from animals to create a lot of tools. Antlers and horns were used to make tools like harpoons, and stones were used to make arrowheads.

5. Ceremoniesand Religion • They had ceremonies for a boy becoming a man, and they had funerals for the dead.There were also ceremonies if the Cro-Magnons had a good hunt. • Instruments were played during ceremonies. Also, if they did not need to hunt or gather food, they would celebrate. • The religious leader led the ceremonies to honor the dead and to have a happy after life.

6. Clothing • Cro-Magnons made clothing from animal hides. • They decorated their clothing with stones and dye from plants.

7. Dates and Places of Existence • The Cro-Magnon people lived in Africa, Asia, and Europe. • The Cro-Magnon lived 30,000 years ago. • The Cro-Magnon lived after the ice age ended.

8. Shelters • The Cro-Magnon shelters were cave-like places. • The Cro-Magnon sometimes had hut-like houses. • The huts were made of bones and skin from animals.

9. Food • The Cro-Magnon ate animal meat and wild plants in the fall and winter. • They ate nuts and fruits of all kinds in the summer and spring.

10. DailyLife • The men go hunting during the day. • The women gather nuts, plants, and fruits during the day. • They did not have farmers back then. • They used the animals bones, meat, and hide for a lot of stuff around camp

11. Language • The Cro-Magnons were the first of our ancestors to speak clearly. • Their language was more advanced than other groups of early humans.

12. Painting and Carving • The cave paintings were mostly of animals, handprints, and of important people. • The paint was made of ground-up rocks mixed with animal fat. • They were the first people to discover painting and carving.