Does the Lascaux Shaft Scene document a cosmic impact in the Late Middle Magdalenian? C alibrated radiocarbon chronology for multiple Magdalenian sub-phases and the Magdalenian - Azilian transition in Spain and France (from Barshay-Szmidt et al., Quaternary International (2016)). The Lascaux shaft scene is perhaps the most iconic of all European Palaeolithic cave artworks (see below). It shows a bison and human, apparently both dying and normally interpreted as a hunting scene. But we now expect that, very likely, the animal symbols here represent constellations, and the Shaft Scene in particular probably represents a date using precession of the equinoxes. Copy of the Lascaux Shat Scene, courtesy of Alistair Coombs Using the zodiacal method and our ancient zodiac, the date 'written' in the scene is between 15,300 and 15,000 BC (see Prehistory Decoded). The similarity of this scene to Pillar 43 at Gobekli Tepe suggests it documents another asteroid or comet str...