Cro-Magnon 1
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| Catalog number: | Cro-Magnon 1 |
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| Species: | Homo Sapiens Human Humans are the only living species in the Homo genus... |
| Age: | 30,000 |
| Place discovered: | France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
| Date discovered: | 1868 |
| Discovered by: | Louis Lartet Louis Lartet Louis Lartet was a French geologist and paleontologist. He discovered the original Cro-Magnon skeletons.Louis Lartet was born in Castelnau-Magnoac, in Seissan in the département of Gers... |
Human
Humans are the only living species in the Homo genus...
skull
Human skull
The human skull is a bony structure, skeleton, that is in the human head and which supports the structures of the face and forms a cavity for the brain.In humans, the adult skull is normally made up of 22 bones...
of the sub-species Homo sapiens sapiens. It was discovered, with other Cro-Magnon
Cro-Magnon
The Cro-Magnon were the first early modern humans of the European Upper Paleolithic. The earliest known remains of Cro-Magnon-like humans are radiometrically dated to 35,000 years before present....
specimens, in Les Eyzies, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
by Louis Lartet
Louis Lartet
Louis Lartet was a French geologist and paleontologist. He discovered the original Cro-Magnon skeletons.Louis Lartet was born in Castelnau-Magnoac, in Seissan in the département of Gers...
in 1868.
It is dated to 27.680±270 Before Present (BP)
Before Present
Before Present years is a time scale used in archaeology, geology, and other scientific disciplines to specify when events in the past occurred. Because the "present" time changes, standard practice is to use AD 1950 as the origin of the age scale, reflecting the fact that radiocarbon...
. The cranial cavity
Cranial cavity
The cranial cavity, or intracranial space, is the space formed inside the skull. The brain occupies the cranial cavity, which is lined by the meninges and which contains cerebrospinal fluid to cushion blows....
measures 1,600 cubic centimeters (cm3).
The capacity of a modern adult human's cranial cavity is 1,200-1,700 cm3.
See also
- Cro Magnon
- List of fossil sites (with link directory)
- List of hominina (hominid) fossils (with images)