A flint culture of the late Palaeolithic period in the development of the human race, characterised by finely made artefacts of stone and bone, cave paintings, and engravings.

An adjective used for describing artifacts of an Upper Paleolithic culture preceding the Magdalenian; the word comes from Aurignac (Haute-Garonne), a site in southern France where such work was found.

Aurignacian is the name of a culture of the Upper Palaeolithic located in Europe and south west Asia. It dates to between 34,000 and 23,000 BP. The name originates from the type site of Aurignac in the Haute Garonne area of France.

Homo Phylogeny