Cro-Magnon fossils discovered March 1868 resemble recent humans. Fossils associated with Aurignacian, Gravettian, Solutrean artifacts. Date to Early Gravettian 33–31,000 Cal. BP. No precise map of skeletal element locations exists. Remains commingled since discovery. Few attempts to identify individuals beyond crania. Vallois and Billy 1965 last comprehensive reassociation. Minimum three adults identified: Cro-Magnon 1 old male, 2 female, 3 male. Four adults distinguished from crania initially. Cro-Magnon 4 one cranial fragment. One neonate immature remains. Sex and age unreliable from skulls. Pelvis better for sex and age. Gambier et al. 2006 found four pelvic adults: two males one old one likely old, one very old female, one unsexed unknown age. No prior association of non-pelvic to pelvic remains. Study reassociates adult lower limbs including pelvis. Lower limbs well preserved. Lower limb bilateral asymmetry negligible. Securely links to sexed aged pelves. Enables stature body mass robusticity estimates.
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