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Bédeilhac cave; Bétharram caves; Bournillon cave, the highest cave opening in Europe. Bruniquel Cave, an archaeological site dated at 176,000 years with stalagmite rings constructed by Neanderthal men; Cabrespine cave , near Carcassonne (city) Chauvet Cave, and its replica (for protection) Pont-d'Arc cave; Choranche cave; Les Combarelles cave
The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave (French: Grotte Chauvet-Pont d'Arc, French pronunciation: [ɡʁɔt ʃovɛ pɔ̃ daʁk]) in the Ardèche department of southeastern France is a cave that contains some of the best-preserved figurative cave paintings in the world, [1] as well as other evidence of Upper Paleolithic life. [2]
Fontéchevade is a cave in Charente, France, which contains Palaeolithic remains from 200,000 and 120,000 years ago. The fossils consist of two skull fragments. Unlike Neanderthals and Homo sapiens of the time, the frontal skull fragment lacks any development of a brow ridge. This feature led French paleoanthropologists of the time to propose ...
Map of the Franco-Cantabrian region, showing the main caves containing mural art. The Franco-Cantabrian region (also Franco-Cantabric region ) is a term applied in archaeology and history to refer to an area that stretches from Asturias , in northern Spain , to Aquitaine and Provence in Southern France .
Mandrin Cave (sky view) Mandrin Cave (French: "Grotte Mandrin") is a cave in France where habitation alternating between Neanderthals and Initial Upper Paleolithic Modern Humans in the cave has been documented, and the presence of modern humans has been dated to between 56,800 and 51,700 years ago, about 10,000 years before previously accepted dates for the colonization of Europe by modern humans.
The Niaux Cave's system is complex and has a combined length of more than 14 km (8.70 mi) of underground passages and chambers. An archaeological site with a documented history of paleo-human presence, Niaux contains numerous distinct areas and galleries of carefully drawn and vivid wall paintings, executed in a black-outlined style typical of ...
The Caves of Gargas (French: Grottes de Gargas, French pronunciation: [ɡʁɔt də ɡaʁɡas]) in the Pyrenees region of France are known for their cave art from the Upper Paleolithic period - about 27,000 years old. The caves are open to the public.
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