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| Paleosite has been conceived under the aegis of Professor Yves Coppens and Professor Bernard Vandermeersch. |
Visit Paleosite
A big journey in time on the trail of Neandertal men.
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July 1979, Saint-Césaire
Archaeological excavations allowed to discover bones of a young Neandertal woman, then named Pierrette. This discovery had an incredible echo because it changed completely the admitted ideas about the Neandertal men/ Modern men succession in western Europe.
Today in Saint-Césaire
35000 years ago, on the place of the discovery, the most modern Centre of Prehistory in the world is dedicated to it.
First interpretation Centre about Prehistory in Europe, Paleosite uses exceptional technologies.
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►►►►►►►► The Centre
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Discover the Centre about Prehistory the most modern in the world.
Paleosite stretches over a 10 hectare park and 2000m ² of air-conditioned and covered building.
Visiting Paleosite is living a unique experience. Fantastic machine to go back in time, Paleosite makes the visitor really live Prehistory, between 15 billion and 35000 years ago on the trail of Neandertal men.
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On the site you can discover the archaeological deposit.
As soon as you arrive, follow the trail that leads directly to the archaeological site, Pierrette’s sanctuary, the place where she was found.
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Real place of the archaeological searches, the deposit justifies the location of the Paleosite and
creates the emotion of the reality : a sanctuary for the community and a reference for the Centre.
After the visit of the archaeological site, you can get to the Centre in a panoramic elevator.
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►Reception hall
In the reception hall, where Neanderthal men looks seem to observe you, you can discover the mythical prehistoric animals: Mammoth, Smilodon, woolly Rhinoceros …
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►Immersion into the Big-bang
Primeval soup, Quarks, DNA,…
The first room sets up the evolution clock in the universal time of the 15 billion years that separate us from the Big bang and from the 4 billion years of slow evolution of our planet.
Dive into a shaft of synthesis images that shows incredible images about the life history.
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►The amphitheatre : The evolution theatre
What happened after the dinosaurs?
Professor Coppens tells you the 65 million years of slow and laborious human evolution ; a 3-dimensional explanation from Purgatorius, little “shrew” weighting 150g to Homo sapiens and Neandertal.
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►The scientific laboratory
“Where, when how, why Neandertal man has arrived in Saint-Césaire…?
Face a real research laboratory and discover the scientists’ secrets.
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►The Observatory
“Live the everyday life of the Neandertal tribe on a giant screen”
Discover men and women’s life of Pierrette’s tribe on a 15m panoramic screen.
This room gives access to the outside trail: the trail of traces.
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►The trail of traces
After the inside circuit, your visit continues outside to discover the different life-size traces of the prehistoric men.
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In this area there is a reconstitution of the site of Saint Cesaire when Pierrette’s tribe lived here 35000 years ago.
This is an interpretation of the long-term traces.
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The disappeared traces :
This area is an outside exhibition that shows and interprets the disappeared traces : you can discover a camp of prehistoric hunters and the daily objects of a tribe.
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The archaeological traces :
This last area shows the traces discovered by the scientists as they were visible during the archaeological excavations.
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►Morphological comparison
Room in free access from the outside trail
In front of Neanderthal man, the room of morphological comparison presents the physical and morphological characteristics of the Neanderthal men in comparison with ours.
This room allows to pit you ludicly and scientifically against Neanderthal to better understand our differences thanks to the integral scanner, morphing and arm-wrestling techniques.
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This place that visitors are free to discover at will proposes different personalized interactive experiences thanks to the Paleopass such as the hocomparison of the skeleton, skull, face, voice and strength.
A unique experience: discover the face you would have had 35000 years ago!
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►Echo
Room in free access from the outside trail.
This is an interactive area where, thanks to real archaeological objects, you will discover the Humankind, environment, tools and animals of this prehistoric period.
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