When Chauvet Cave artists created its artwork, the Pont d'Arc was already there

(CNRS) The Chauvet Cave, which lies by the entrance to the Gorges of the Ard è che, is home to the world's oldest cave paintings, dating back 36,000 years. The location of the cavern--surrounded by a remarkable landscape, next to the Pont d'Arc natural archway--raises the question of whether the people who executed these artworks looked and walked out upon the same landscape as today. Did they see the same natural archway?
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news