Archäologen erreichen einen historischen Meilenstein, indem sie französische Höhlenmalereien erstmals mit Kohlenstoff-14 datieren

One set of traces lies between 8,993 and 8,590 cal BP, which would place it in a period much later than the classical Upper Paleolithic, already in the Mesolithic or in the transition to the Neolithic.

However, other lines from the same figure yield much older ages: a first group lies between 15,981 and 15,121 cal BP, and a second group between 15,297 and 14,246 cal BP.