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Cro-Magnon

By: Bjorn, Camille, Jack, and Sarah Slide2

Cro-

Magnon Table of Contents

Dates and

Places

of Existence Description of Daily LifeDescription of Physical AppearanceDescription of Shelters FoodToolsFireReligionDevelopment of Language Religion and CeremoniesClothingPaintings and CarvingsSlide3

I

ntroduction

Come with us and experience an adventure of a

lifetime—the

life of Cro-Magnon. We will embark on a journey through the Cro-Magnons’ lives. We will unmask the daily life of the everyday Cro-Magnon. What they ate and how they lived will captivate you and give you a piece of history!Slide4

Dates and places of existence

Cro-Magnon lived up to 40,000 years ago, towards the end of the ice age. At the beginning of their existence, they lived in France. They migrated to Asia, Africa, and Europe. Cro-Magnons only lived during the ice age.[1]Slide5

Description of

Daily Life

Cro-Magnons had very busy days. Sometimes, when they had good weather, they were in festive moods. Occasionally, after a hard

day’s

work, they had time to relax, which they barely got to do with all the hunting and gathering on their hands. [2]Slide6

Description of Physical Appearance

Cro-Magnons

were robustly built, and they were generally heavy and solid with

strong musculature. They had straight, tall foreheads, and slight eyebrow ridges. Their brains were bigger than those of modern humans.[3]Slide7

Description of

Shelters

These

early men built permanent

homes to shelter them from the long harsh, winter of the ice age. In the summer, they followed the herds of animals, and so during those months, they lived in tents. Winter homes were ice age huts, built tepee-style, from branches and mammoth bones covered with animal skins. These huts were used for many years, so they built them carefully. Holes were dug deeply , into the ground. Poles were inserted into the ground, and then tied tightly together at the point of the tee-pee.

Warm

furs were laid over the structure and sewn tightly in place. Large rocks were piled around the bottom to help pull the hut together.[4]

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Food

Cro-Magnons were hunters and gathers

who ate a variety of fish. They had an ample amount of freshly caught game.They also ate seeds, berries, and nuts, as did their ancestors.

Cro-Magnons did

not struggle for

food. They

were splendid

hunters.

They

used

traps,

which helped them to catch food while they were busy doing something else. They fished with

bows

and arrows, net woven from vines, fish hooks

, and

even poisons. Some groups built rafts and

canoes to

catch bigger fish in deeper waters.[5]Slide9

Fire

Cro-Magnons’

only source of heat and light was fire. Since they lived in dark

caves, the fire provided them light. The fire was used for trapping animals because the animals were attracted to the luminous light. Cro-Magnons lived during the end of the ice age so it was very difficult to get a lightning strike. They used flint and stone to make a spark. It was challenging to strike fire so they were really ecstatic to ignite a fire.[6]Slide10

Religion and

Ceremonies

When a Cro-Magnon passed away, all the

Cro-Magnons

participated in the funeral. The body was put in a grave with tools and weapons. The Shaman, or religious leader, put some ingredients on the dead body to have a happy afterlife. For ceremonies, Cro-Magnons made flutes; then played music. [7]Slide11

T

ools

Cro-Magnons

were hunters and gatherers. Cro-Magnons were the ones who created

bows and arrows. Cro-Magnons made unique spears out of wood. They carved pictures into their tools. They also made wood spears so they would fly straight and far instead of wobbling.Slide12

Development of language

They had not developed a written language yet. They made clicking sounds with their

throats to communicate.

[8]

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Clothing

The Cro–Magnon wore

robes,

which they made from thin animal hide. Their belts were made of thicker material. They wore very thick fur to keep

warm.[9]Slide14

Paintings and

Carvings

Cro

- Magnon painted the following scenes on cave walls:WolvesWooly mammoths Wooly mastodon

Horses

Cave

bears

Reindeer

People as stick figures

Black bulls

Bison

Stags

They used pigments

made from the local plants and minerals. The colors were primarily earth tones.Slide15

Questions

What was Cro-Magnons’

only source of light and heat?

What were three of the foods they ate

?How long ago did Cro-Magnon live?Slide16

Answers

Cro-Magnons’

only source of heat and light was

fire.

Some of the foods they ate were seeds, berries, nuts, fish, and other game.Cro-Magnon lived 40,000 years ago, during the ice age.Slide17

Conclusion

Now

, buckle up and get ready to

accelerate forty thousand years into the future. It’s been a superb adventure in the past. We hope you learned as much as we did. Keep in mind that Cro-Magnons were hunters and gathers, and they lived forty thousand years ago. Thanks! (:~ Bjorn, Camille, Jack, and Sarah. ☻Slide18

Endnotes

1.

California

Visits Ancient

Civilization

California

Visits Ancient

Civilizations

,

Macmillan

/

MacGraw

Hill: New York, NY,

2007, p. 89.

:

2.

Ibid

, p. 90.

3.

http://

www.mikedust.com/history/cromagnon.html

.

4.

Ibid

.

5.

Ibid

.

6.

Ibid

.

7.

California Visits Ancient

CivilizationCalifornia

Visits Ancient

Civilizations

,Macmillan

/

MacGraw

Hill: New York, NY, 2007, p.

91.

8.

http://www.mikedust.com/history/cromagnon.html

.

9.

Ibid

.

10.

California Visits Ancient

CivilizationCalifornia

Visits Ancient

Civilizations

,Macmillan

/

MacGraw

Hill: New York, NY, 2007, p. 91Slide19

Bibliography

Dust, Mike. “ Early History: Cro-Magnon.” Sunday, October 26, 2003 9:02:04 PM.

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