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Neanderthal in the footsteps of another humanity

FRANCE, 2022, 53’

Director: David Geoffroy – Producer: Cour-Jus Productions

Endangered by marine erosion and global warming, the Le Rozel site has yielded rare vestiges of the daily life of Neanderthal.

Communities that inhabited this fascinating location on the Normandy coast approximately 80,000 years ago. Among these fragile traces, archaeologists have unearthed an astonishing collection of nearly 3,000 footprints —inarguably the world’s largest collection of prehistoric footprints.

With each new discovery, the archaeological investigation takes us on a captivating journey back in time, following the footsteps of a long-extinct humanity.