| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 3,901,389,758 visitors served. |
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
Grimaldi |
Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Wikipedia | 0.01 sec. |
|
|
Grimaldi
Joseph. 1779--1837, English actor, noted as a clown in pantomime Grimaldi a cluster of caves near the Italian city of Ven-timiglia on the Mediterranean coast near the border between France and Italy. In 1901 an Upper Paleolithic double burial site of an elderly woman and a youth was discovered at a depth of 8.7 m in one of the caves (the Grotto of Children). Several characteristics of the skull and skeletal structure gave the first investigators grounds for erroneously classifying the remains as belonging to a special protonegroid “Grimaldian race.” Later investigation (1962) showed that they belonged to the Cro-Magnon race. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| Mentioned in | ? | References in classic literature | ? | Encyclopedia browser | ? | Full browser | ? | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No references found | I can visualize the entire scene--the apelike Grimaldi men huddled in their filthy caves; the huge pterodactyls soaring through the heavy air upon their bat-like wings; the mighty dinosaurs moving their clumsy hulks beneath the dark shadows of preglacial forests--the dragons which we considered myths until science taught us that they were the true recollections of the first man, handed down through countless ages by word of mouth from father to son out of the unrecorded dawn of humanity. I should say that they were a little higher in the scale of evolution than Ahm, possibly occupying a place of evolution between that of the Neanderthal man and what is known as the Grimaldi race. The walls were wainscoted half-way up, the wainscot being covered with green baize, the remainder with a bright- patterned paper, on which hung three or four prints of dogs' heads; Grimaldi winning the Aylesbury steeple-chase; Amy Robsart, the reigning Waverley beauty of the day; and Tom Crib, in a posture of defence, which did no credit to the science of that hero, if truly represented. |
Grimaldi |
grim grim grim grim Grim adventures of Billy and Mandy grim dig Grim Fandango Grim File Reaper Grim File Reaper Grim Grotto Grim Reaper Grim Reaper Grim Reaper Grim Reaper Grim's Law Grim's Law grimace grimace grimace grimaced grimaced grimacer grimacer grimacers grimacers grimaces grimaces grimacing grimacing Grimald, Nicholas Grimaldi Grimaldi (disambiguation)Grimaldi (disambiguation) Grimaldi man Grimaldi Robotic Observatory Grimaldi, Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Joseph Grimaldi, Joseph grimalkin grimalkins Grimau Garcia, Julian Grimau García, Julián Grimbarian Grimbarian grime grime Grime music Grime's grave Grimecore grimed grimes Grimes County Grimes County, Texas Grimes County, TX Grimes Graves Grimes' golden Grimes, Peter grimier grimier | |||||||
| Encyclopedia |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup |
|---|