Stone Pages Archaeo News: France Archives

Index of news related to France

15 January 2022: Cosquer Cave replica opens this summer
21 December 2021: Isotope analyses unlock Iron Age secrets
28 December 2020: How to mend a giant menhir
26 December 2020: New evidence that Neanderthals buried their dead
5 December 2019: Stone Age artists mesmerised by horses
: 5,000-year-old bones found during excavation in France
25 November 2019: World's oldest glue used from prehistoric times
2 September 2019: Rare prehistoric stones discovered in central France
1 September 2019: Azilian Culture art found in Southern France
19 December 2018: Ritual finger amputation may explain missing fingers in Paleolithic people
16 August 2017: Sound-reflecting rock shelters attracted ancient artists
2 March 2017: Pointillist technique on engravings discovered in France
10 February 2017: 38,000 year old rock art discovered in France
19 January 2017: Neanderthals associated with Chatelperronian tool technology
25 November 2016: People consumed milk and cheese 9,000 years ago
6 October 2016: Neanderthals had more cognitive abilities than first thought
1 June 2016: 5,000-year-old paintings high in the French Alps
29 January 2016: Artists complete replica of Lascaux cave paintings
28 January 2016: Did interbreeding with Neanderthals strengthen our immune system?
24 January 2016: Chauvet cave may hold earliest painting of volcanic eruption
10 December 2015: 6,000-year-old amputated arms in France suggest trophy-taking
9 December 2015: The cave art of Cosquer
6 May 2015: Chauvet replica cave art gallery opens
4 May 2015: Iron Age tumulus discovered near Paris
18 January 2015: Neanderthals were able to make advanced tools
12 December 2014: 23,000-year-old 'Venus' statuette dug up in France
10 December 2014: Neanderthal bones in Northern France
10 October 2014: Neanderthal human remains found in Normandy
26 September 2014: Neolithic necropolis unearthed in Northern France
4 June 2014: 2,300-year-old false tooth found in France
1 June 2014: Neanderthals were not inferior to modern humans
19 December 2013: European Neanderthals buried their dead
13 December 2013: How prehistoric people selected the best places to live
15 November 2013: 6,000 years of occupation in Alsace
21 October 2013: Women left their handprints on ancient cave walls
24 July 2013: Epigravettian remains found in France
9 July 2013: Snail trail reveals ancient human migration
22 April 2013: Iron Age graveyard discovered in France
6 April 2013: Ancient artifact lost in plain sight
22 May 2012: Anthropologists discover earliest form of wall art
17 May 2012: Upper Palaeolithic revealed at Mas d'Azil cave
11 May 2012: Analysis suggests France cave art is 'oldest'
22 March 2012: Was graphic code a forerunner to writing?
11 December 2011: Striking 'earth mother' figurine discovered in France
14 November 2011: Prehistoric cave paintings of horses were spot-on
13 November 2011: Art hints prehistoric men pierced their privates
4 October 2011: Children learned to finger-paint in Palaeolithic Age
20 September 2011: 9000-year-old multiple burial uncovered in Corsica
30 August 2011: 170,000-years-old skull unearthed in France
31 July 2011: Neanderthals were simply outnumbered
28 June 2011: Knocked down menhirs discovered in France
: Early French had a taste for beer
2 June 2011: No fresh milk for Neolithic humans in France
19 May 2011: Reindeer teeth hold clues to Neanderthal hunting tactics
26 April 2011: Prehistoric humans and cave bears may have competed for shelter
22 April 2011: Bear DNA clue to age of Chauvet cave art
8 March 2011: Neanderthals: copycats or innovators?
17 February 2011: 3D movie portrays the rock art of the Chauvet Cave
16 December 2010: Neanderthals may have made earliest human bone tool
2 October 2010: French president gains access to threatened cave art
2 September 2010: The sites and sounds of prehistory
23 August 2010: Megalithic monuments were built within short periods of time
18 August 2010: Pleistocene Art of the World Congress 2010
26 July 2010: Tourists heave menhirs in France to solve ancient mystery
15 July 2010: Neolithic amputation in France
21 February 2010: The seeds of written communication on cave walls
1 February 2010: Amputation is evidence of medical knowledge in the Neolithic
20 December 2009: French find puts humans in Europe 200,000 years earlier
12 September 2009: Also women were cave painters
19 July 2009: Dental wear establishes when hominids lived at sites
14 June 2009: Stones, snakes and sun - Summer Solstice in Brittany
28 February 2009: Scientists meet to save Lascaux cave from fungus
26 October 2008: Exceptional archaeological discovery in Brittany
4 October 2008: 'Secret of the Lost Cavern' video game
14 July 2008: Six months to save Lascaux cave art
5 July 2008: Stone Age art caves may have been concert halls
28 June 2008: Paris is 3,000 years older than first thought
23 March 2008: Cave sculptures on display for first time in 15,000 years
10 February 2008: Student makes discovery on Neanderthal eating habits
6 January 2008: France racing to save Lascaux cave paintings
15 December 2007: Fungus once again threatens Lascaux cave paintings
28 October 2007: Ancient clay remedies are studied
15 October 2006: Goats key to spread of farming, gene study suggests
8 July 2006: Over 60 standing stones unearthed in Brittany
4 June 2006: Ancient skeleton sits among art in France
2 April 2006: Music did help human ancestors survive
12 March 2006: 'Magdalenian Girl' is thought to have reached adulthood
19 February 2006: French caver makes historic find
29 December 2005: French customs seize ancient treasures
30 August 2005: The Bagneux dolmen is for sale
13 August 2005: Neolithic tools unearthed in Marseille
28 May 2005: Rare teeth as Stone Age status symbols
29 September 2004: 6,000-year-old intact tomb found in France
8 September 2004: Prehistoric settlement found in Channel Islands
31 July 2004: Museum of prehistory opened in Dordogne
17 January 2004: Peat bog reveals mining pollution through the ages
10 January 2004: Prehistoric cave for sale
8 December 2003: Ancient stone warrior found in France
17 October 2003: Britain and France in dispute over cave art
13 October 2003: Ancient righties
1 August 2003: Genetics helps scientists determine Basque origins
19 May 2003: 2,500-year-old necropolis helps identify Celtic tribe
22 October 2001: Prehistoric cave paintings much older than previously thought
: Megaliths as social change indicators
14 November 2000: Oldest lunar calendar identified
16 December 1999: Carnac's megalithic alignments reopen
25 November 1998: Relics looted and recovered from prehistoric cave in France