Cro-Magnon

Cro Magnons were the first early modern humans (Homo sapiens) to settle in Europe, migrating from Western Asia, continuously occupying the continent possibly from as early as 56,800 years ago. They interacted and interbred with the indigenous Neanderthals (H. neanderthalensis) of Europe and Western Asia, who went extinct 40,000 to 35,000 years ago. The first wave of modern humans in Europe from 45,000-40,000 (Initial Upper Paleolithic) left no genetic legacy to modern Europeans; however, from 37,000 years ago a second wave succeeded in forming a single founder population, from which all EEMH descended and which contributes ancestry to present-day Europeans. Modern phenotypes such as Paleo-Atlantid or Dalofaelid are morphologically similar to the Cro-Magnons.

Physical Traits

Olive to dark brown skin, sometimes fair. straight or wavy, thick, dark hair. Tall, mesoskelic, mesomorph. Dolichocephalic, sometimes hyperdolichocephalic, chamaecranic and very large-headed. Face broad and large. Nose mildly leptorrhine and rather prominent, fleshy. Jaw broad. Chin stronger than in Neanderthals. Brow ridges heavy, forehead receding. Body hair strong.