Nice - Laboratoire de préhistoire de la Côte d'Azur

✓15, boulevard Maurice-Maeterlinck

Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 12pm and from 2pm to 6pm.
The cultural evolution of Man
Presentation of the major steps from the skull moldings of fossil Hominidas, from Sahelanthropus tchadensis, 7 million years ago, to the modern Man, and the moldings of prehistoric tools.
The evolution of paleoenvironments, paleoclimates and paleobiodiversity
Presentation from quaternary fauna bone moldings. Throughout quaternary times, the climate has evolved with cycles of 100,000 years, with cold periods of about 80,000 years followed by warm or temperate periods of about 20,000 years.
The sites of the lower paleolithic in Nice
Presentation of the prehistoric sites of the lower paleolithic found in Nice: the Terra Amata outdoor site and the Lazaret cave