In 1868, in Les Eyzies, France, Louis Lartet and Henry Chritsy found the skeletons of four individuals. The image of Cro-Magnon has not changed much in the last one hundred years. They are not evolutionary ancestors at all, but are true humans. Museums often portray them as being more primitive then us, but thatŐs not true. They are always shown wearing furs, but a lot of cultures today wear furs. Their remains qualify as humans because of their build, culture and brain size.

Cro-Magnons did very well in Southern Europe during the last ice age. They are different from the Neanderthals because they have a higher forehead and a bigger chin. Things that they left behind show that they had made many things out of bone, ivory and even stone. Cro-Magnons were just like us in the respect that they wore clothes and also wore jewelry. They were very good at carving and sculpting with bone. There are many paintings in the caves around where they lived. They usually drew things such as animals that lived with them and also the ones that they hunted.

They have appeared to be very tall and lanky. In studies done, scientists think that they lived well in to there fifties. Cro-Magnons found in graves show that they wore tight fitting clothing, which means that they would be able to keep warm when it was cold. Things such as huge campsites, tell us that they had social skills and often got together. They also had very high-class burials, which may mean that they had a structural society.