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La Baume Bonne is the site where we find the oldest traces testifying to a human presence in the Verdon: - 500 years against - 000 million years in Africa and between - 2,6 Ma and - 1,4 800 years in Europe. Listed as a historic monument, this major prehistoric site has long served as a habitat.
Cro-Magnon man left blades, flint flakes, spearheads or arrows here. Then the Neolithic man, his ceramics, polished tools, grindstones and knurls, sheep and goats from 6 years BC. Marseille).
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The Ice Age
The caves, including that of La Baume bonne, enabled prehistoric people to survive the climate of the Quaternary era, known as the “ice age”.
This period is characterized by an alternation of periods of glaciation and milder periods.
The colder periods of the Quaternary saw mammoths, rhinos, bison and oxen grow in mass and wear hairy hairs.
About 10 years ago, the climate began to warm up and most of these animals were extinct. There are only a handful left today, smaller than their ancestors, the African elephants, rhinos and hippos.