Palaeolithic : Cosquer Cave

The creature, represented on this piece of the paintings, arose certain bewilderment among specialists. Some supporters of exotic interpretations even supposed that it is a dinosaur. According to the discussion between Francesco d'Errico from the University of Turin and Joan McDonald from Calgary, published in ANTIQUITY, it can be assumed that it is either a Great Auk, lived in the Mediterranean Sea in those times or a bird of the spices belonging tp penguins.