The man of Tautavel

Collection title

Pyrénées Pirineos

ID

INA00266

Source

INA (FR)

First broadcast date

04/24/1990

Production year

1990

Abstract

Thanks to the excavations carried out in La Caune de L' Arago, we can reconstruct the environment, fauna and flora that surrounded the man of Tautavel 450,000 years ago. According to Henry de Lumley, the cave was inhabited between 700 000 and 100 000 years BC. From the bones found in the cave, we can say that the man of Tautavel was a very good hunter, but he had not tamed fire. For anthropologists, we still lack information about the shape of his nose, the density of his hair and the color of his skin.

Type

video

Production companies

• France 3 Toulouse - Own production

Broadcaster

FTV - F3

Audiovisual form

Magazine

Personalities

• De Lumley Henry

Primary theme

Pre-history

Secondary themes

• Tourism and cultural sites / Archaeological sites
• Art, Culture and Knowledge / Science / Biology

Credits / Cast

• Bergonzat Maryse - Journalist

Period of events

• From -700000 to -10000

Map locations

• France - South West - Perpignan

Original language

French

Media running time

8m22

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