Prehistoric whale bones found in the Landes

Whalebone tools, dating back 20,000 to 14,000 years, were discovered in the Duruthy cave (Landes), about forty kilometers from the coast. Did the Magdalenians hunt whales? In this video released in partnership with Le blob, l'extra-média , Jean-Marc Pétillon, archaeologist and prehistorian (CNRS), explains what we know about this practice and why it may have suddenly declined.