This book tells the story of the dynamic and resilient people commonly known as the Cro-Magnons in light of recent scientific advances.

Trenton Holliday is professor of anthropology at Tulane University and honorary research fellow at the Centre for the Exploration of the Deep Human Journey, University of the Witwatersrand.

Fred H. Smith, University Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Biological Sciences, Illinois State University:
In Cro-Magnon, Holliday gifts us a vivid, impressively detailed portrait of the earliest modern Europeans. He deftly weaves studies of biological characteristics, behavioral indicators, environment, history, and colorful descriptions of places and people into a fascinating narrative that brings alive these humans of the distant past. Holliday’s book is thorough yet eminently readable, and is certainly required reading for anyone interested in the later phases of human evolution.

Steven Churchill, Duke University, author of Thin on the Ground: Neandertal Biology, Archeology, and Ecology:
Most every schoolchild has heard of the Cro-Magnons, but few people actually know anything about them. This engaging and accessible book by Trenton Holliday may go a long way toward remedying that situation! Written by one of the leading experts on the Ice Age peoples of the world, Cro-Magnon brings to life—in clear, nontechnical English—what we know about these ancient Europeans, their fascinating history of study, and the very latest research on them.

John Shea, Stony Brook University, author of The Unstoppable Human Species: : The Emergence of Homo Sapiens in Prehistory:
Trenton Holliday is unquestionably one of the foremost experts on this subject.