Human Occupation in Great Britain

Discoveries in Anglia date Mammoth
hunting to 60,000 years ago

Human occupation in Great Britain has been dated to 600,000 years ago. Recent discoveries in Anglia date Mammoth hunting to 60,000 years ago. The earliest paintings of Mammoths come from Chauvet were the first indication of human activity within the cave came when Mr Chauvet's colleague Eliette saw a tiny painting in red ochre of a mammoth on a pendant rock.

First tiny Mammoth painting sceen on a pendant rock in Chauvet

They soon discovered other Mammoth paintings. One of these was of two Mammoths facing each other, one without tusks the other with. Another painting is of a Mammoth with three tusks. However the most endearing painting is of a baby Mammoth in the Sorcerer's chamber.

Three more Mammoths discovered in Chauvet (35,000)

Other caves in France have mammoth paintings and engravings, below are some of the finest examples.

Mammoth front on tusks		Mammoth from Pech Merle

Rouffignac Herd		Trois Freres

Rouffignac		Wavy Line Mammoth Chauvet

Grotte de la March	Arcy sur Cure (28,000)	Grotte de la March

The engraved faces from Rouffinac (14,000) might have been self portraits of the Cro Magnon artists or the portraits of the Mammoth hunters.