Chauvet Cave Timeline

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c. 2600000 BCE - c. 12000 BCE

The Palaeolithic (or Old Stone Age) period, ranging from c. 2,6 million years ago until c. 12,000 years ago.
c. 2600000 BCE - c. 12000 BCE

The Pleistocene epoch, ranging from c. 2,6 million years ago until c. 12,000 years ago. It is characterised by repeated cycles of glacials and interglacials.
c. 40000 BCE - c. 28000 BCE

Aurignacian culture of Homo sapiens in Europe.
c. 37500 BCE - c. 33500 BCE

First period of human occupation of Chauvet Cave.
c. 33000 BCE - c. 30000 BCE

Age of the cave paintings in Chauvet Cave, France.
c. 32000 BCE - c. 27000 BCE

Second human occupation of Chauvet Cave.
c. 17000 BCE - 15000 BCE

Lascaux cave paintings.
18 Dec 1994 CE

Chauvet Cave is discovered by Jean-Marie Chauvet, Éliette Brunel and Christian Hillaire.