Cro-Magnon man
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Cro-Magnon man
C19: named after the cave (Cro-Magnon), Dordogne, France, where the remains were first found
Example Sentences
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But what Cro-Magnon man needed upon finding a bear in his cave is not what a modern person needs in order to play King Lear.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 3, 2015
A perfect parody of NBA and NFL draft coverage with The Creator as commissioner and Cro-Magnon man as an analyst.
From Newsweek ● Feb. 4, 2015
With a shave, a haircut, and a suit, a Cro-Magnon man would have looked like a modern business executive.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
He asserts that the fate of Neanderthal man is unknown, and two pages later says with equal certainty that Cro-Magnon man killed him off.
From Time Magazine Archive
In shorts and rubber-soled shoes he looked vulnerable and misplaced, like a Cro-Magnon man lost in the centuries.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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