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SYNOPSIS
In the South of France, a fascinating archaeological investigation takes place in the Mandrin Cave. The archaeologist Ludovic Slimak discovered an exceptional number of fossils and flints attesting that Neanderthals occupied the site for more than 80,000 years.
These remains also reveal the arrival of the first Homo sapiens, 54,000 years ago, in Western Europe. It seems that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens met here, on the banks of the Rhone river!
Then the team digs out a Neanderthal specimen. A very rare discovery. Named Thorin, he belongs to one of the last Neanderthal lineages.
These past 25 years diggings in the Grotte Mandrin, rewrite the scenario of the Neanderthals extinction and the way they were replaced by Sapiens. On these two major questions, the Grotte Mandrin sheds a new light.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
For more than two decades, Pascal Cuissot has worked in the film industry in multiple roles – as a filmmaker, script writer, film editor and script editor – for approximately thirty documentary films and film series in the fields of History and Science.
Throughout this work, he has always sought to find optimal balances between knowledge-delivery and storytelling.
- Year2024
- Runtime53 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryFrance
- DirectorPascal Cuissot
- ProducerMarie-Anne Sorba
- Executive ProducerFred Hilgemann Films
SYNOPSIS
In the South of France, a fascinating archaeological investigation takes place in the Mandrin Cave. The archaeologist Ludovic Slimak discovered an exceptional number of fossils and flints attesting that Neanderthals occupied the site for more than 80,000 years.
These remains also reveal the arrival of the first Homo sapiens, 54,000 years ago, in Western Europe. It seems that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens met here, on the banks of the Rhone river!
Then the team digs out a Neanderthal specimen. A very rare discovery. Named Thorin, he belongs to one of the last Neanderthal lineages.
These past 25 years diggings in the Grotte Mandrin, rewrite the scenario of the Neanderthals extinction and the way they were replaced by Sapiens. On these two major questions, the Grotte Mandrin sheds a new light.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
For more than two decades, Pascal Cuissot has worked in the film industry in multiple roles – as a filmmaker, script writer, film editor and script editor – for approximately thirty documentary films and film series in the fields of History and Science.
Throughout this work, he has always sought to find optimal balances between knowledge-delivery and storytelling.
- Year2024
- Runtime53 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryFrance
- DirectorPascal Cuissot
- ProducerMarie-Anne Sorba
- Executive ProducerFred Hilgemann Films