Cro-Magnon man

Japanese: クロマニョン人 - くろまにょんじん(英語表記)Cro-Magnon man
Cro-Magnon man

A fossil human of the modern human stage. In 1868, five human bones were discovered by workers during railway construction at the Cro-Magnon rock shelter on the banks of the Bézère River in Les Eyzies-de-Tayac, Dordogne, southwestern France, and were examined by French geologist L. Lartet. Since then, many similar bones have been excavated from various parts of Europe, and French anthropologist J.A. Quatrefages collectively named them the Cro-Magnon race. Morphological characteristics include a height of about 180 cm, a large head, a straight jaw, and a visible chin. Small teeth. There is no supraorbital ridge or recession of the forehead like in archaic humans, and the mastoid process is well developed. In this way, they were very similar to modern humans, but their muscles and bones are thought to have been strong. They were distributed throughout Europe and North Africa with some local variations. They date to 35,000 to 10,000 years ago. They are thought to have been a species roughly similar to modern humans, based on their artistic and technological prowess, as evidenced by artefacts belonging to the Late Paleolithic culture and murals such as those in the Cave of Altamira.

[Shise Kahara]

[Reference items] | Fossil humans | Newcomer

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

新人段階の化石人類。フランス南西部ドルドーニュ県レゼジー・ド・タヤック、ベゼール川のほとりにあるクロマニョン岩陰遺跡から、1868年、鉄道工事中の作業員により5体の人骨が発見され、フランスの地質学者ラルテL. Lartetが検証した。その後、ヨーロッパ各地から類似した骨が多数出土したため、フランスの人類学者カトルファージュJ. L. A. Quatrefagesは、これらをまとめてクロマニョン人種と命名した。形態的特徴は、180センチメートル前後の長身、頭が大きく、直顎(ちょくがく)で、頤(おとがい)がみられる。歯は小さい。旧人のような眼窩(がんか)上隆起や額の後退はみられず、乳様突起が発達している。このようにきわめて現代人に似ていたが、筋骨は強壮であったと思われる。若干の地方的変異を伴いながらヨーロッパ、北アフリカの各地に分布していた。年代は3万5000~1万年前。後期旧石器文化に属する工作物や、アルタミラ洞窟(どうくつ)などの壁画をはじめ、芸術的にも技術的にも優れた能力を示すところから、現生人類とほぼ同類の人類であると考えられている。

[香原志勢]

[参照項目] | 化石人類 | 新人

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