Long before the arrival of Homo sapiens, the Neanderthals wander the vast European plains, regularly drowned into the Ice Ages. Several discoveries, in France and England, and especially on the island of Jersey, now allow the archaeologists to understand the lifestyle of those first great nomads of Europe, that lasted 300 000 years.

What do archaeology and the environment teach us about the way of life in the Neanderthal world?

How did travel structure the perception of time and space of these ancestors of modern European man?

How did they evolve, live and survive for more than 200,000 years until their extinction at the hands of Homo sapiens 40,000 years ago?

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR: 

Rob Hope, filmmaker, is originally from Northumberland, UK. He now lives and works in France. He is qualified as an archaeologist, with a specialty in prehistory (Exeter and Leicester University). He has to date made many films of which recently, the ‘Crépuscule Néandertalien’ documentary won several first film awards as well as success in France, Switzerland and Spain.

His latest documentary, about the Island of Malta, was screened on FR 3 national TV. Rob Hope leads throughout his films, not as an archaeologist but more as a guide, and typically travels from site to site, meeting experts and specialists upon the archaeological road.