Cro-Magnon

35,000 to 10,000 years ago

Physical Description

Identical to modern

man Brain size 1600 cc

Location/Climate All over the world Lived during the end of last ice-age

Tools Made out of bone, ivory and stone Wore clothes Wore jewelry made out of shell and bone Made needles out of carved bone to sew

clothes Used clay to make pots to make food Made musical instruments out of plants, wood

and animal skins

Tools cont

Made harpoons out of rope, bones and a large stick to catch whales.

Projectile point was made out of stone and wood and it was used to kill animals

Made toys out of clay and bone

Shelter

Lived in caves because of the ice age In warmer climates they made huts out of

branches First to have permanent homes

Cave Paintings

Extras

Made fine artwork Decorated tools, beads, ivory carvings,

shell jewelry, clay figures, musical instruments

Took over Neanderthal caves and made them their own

Developed a rich and complex langugage

Extras cont

Had social alliances Traded goods Often painted their bodies May have created the first calendar Buried and mourned their dead