Cro-Magnon

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Cro-Magnon

• By
• Zach, Joe, Jenna, Robin

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Ceremonies and 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.

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Clothing

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Daily Life

• 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

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Language

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

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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.