Cro-Magnon man
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But what Cro-Magnon man needed upon finding a bear in his cave is not what a modern person needs in order to play King Lear.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 3, 2015
A perfect parody of NBA and NFL draft coverage with The Creator as commissioner and Cro-Magnon man as an analyst.
From Newsweek • Feb. 4, 2015
With a shave, a haircut, and a suit, a Cro-Magnon man would have looked like a modern business executive.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
If these controversial yet hardly dismissable ideas are correct, Cro-Magnon man may well have been experimenting with the precursors of writing, arithmetic, calendar making and other "civilized" skills.
From Time Magazine Archive
In shorts and rubber-soled shoes he looked vulnerable and misplaced, like a Cro-Magnon man lost in the centuries.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
