an Upper Paleolithic population of humans, regarded as the prototype of modern Homo sapiens in Europe. Skeletal remains found in an Aurignacian cave in southern France indicate that the Cro-Magnon had long heads, broad faces, and sunken eyes, and reached a height of approximately 5 feet 9 inches (175 cm).
n. an ugly male. (Collegiate. Essentially caveman. From Cro-Magnon, the ancestor of the current human species. See also neanderthal, which is a variety of man presumed to be uglier and less like modern man.) : Who is that cromagnon you were with last night?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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