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La Roque-Gageac

Ancient

September 26th 2014
Geo: 44.8913, 1.21502Hard-boiled eggs at breakfast this morning!Our first stop this morning was at the Grotte de Rouffignac (grotte is French for cave). Around 14,000 years ago, the cave was inhabited successively by cave bears and then Cro-Magnon man. Around 13,000 years ago, Cro-Magnon man seems to have taken over the cave network. (Technically, our first stop was a few hundred yards befor ... read more
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