Who were the “Cro-Magnons”? Simple: humans with more Neanderthal DNA

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Cro-Magnons were anatomically similar to present-day Europeans, West Asians, and North Africans; but were more robust, having larger brains, broader faces, more prominent brow ridges, and bigger teeth. The earliest Cro-magnon specimens also exhibit some features that are reminiscent of those found in Neanderthals.

In other words:

Cro-Magnons were humans with more Neanderthal DNA

Ötzi, also called the Iceman, is the natural mummy of a man who lived between 3350 and 3105 BC. Ötzi’s remains were discovered on 19 September 1991, in the Ötztal Alps at the border between Austria and Italy. He is Europe’s oldest known natural human mummy, offering an unprecedented view of Chalcolithic Europeans.

He had 10% Neanderthal DNA.

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