chauvet cave (france)

A group of explorers stumble upon a cave in France that contains prehistoric cave paintings.

Adam thought he knew about his grandfather, but when he is sent to France to perform three very difficult (and dangerous, possibly illegal) tasks for him, Adam discovers things about his grandfather, and himself, that he never imagined.

A group of explorers stumble upon a cave in France that contains prehistoric cave paintings.

Describes the 1994 discovery made in Chauvet, France, of a cave with Stone Age rock paintings, and discusses the significance of cave art to people living in prehistoric as well as modern times.

Photographs and text profile the Chauvet Cave in France's Ardeche Valley, which contains the oldest known drawings by humans, dating more than 35,000 years old.