According to Stephen Oppenheimer, from c . 16, 000BC, the warmer climate allowed the expansion of proto-Basque groups, or proto-Europeans, across the north of Africa and the entire continent of Europe, expanding the Magdalenian culture across Europe.
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The " Grotte du Mas d'Azil " ( sometimes hyphenated, sometimes not ) is a " supersite " with rich remains of human usage from about 30, 000 years ago, and is also a key site for the preceding Magdalenian culture.