▁D ord ogne , ▁and ▁what ▁might ▁be ▁a ▁bird - head ed ▁man ▁in ▁the ▁" Sh aft ▁of ▁the ▁Dead ▁Man " ▁in ▁the ▁L asc aux ▁c aves . ▁Represent ation ▁of ▁males ▁are ▁rare ▁prior ▁to ▁in cip ient ▁Mes ol ith ic . ▁Mes ol ith ic ▁examples ▁include ▁the ▁" P in ▁H ole ▁man " ▁of ▁C res well ▁C rag s , ▁Derby shire . ▁ ▁There ▁is ▁evidence ▁for ▁some ▁craft ▁special ization , ▁and ▁the ▁transport ▁over ▁considerable ▁distances ▁of ▁materials ▁such ▁as ▁stone ▁and , ▁above ▁all ▁marine ▁shell s , ▁much ▁used ▁for ▁j ew ell ery ▁and ▁probably ▁decor ating ▁clothes . ▁Sh ells ▁from ▁Mediter rane an ▁species ▁have ▁been ▁found ▁at ▁G ön ners dorf , ▁over ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 ▁kilometres ▁from ▁the ▁Mediter rane an ▁coast . ▁The ▁higher ▁sea ▁levels ▁today ▁mean ▁that ▁the ▁level ▁and ▁nature ▁of ▁coast al ▁settlement s ▁in ▁the ▁Upper ▁Pale ol ith ic ▁are ▁now ▁sub mer ged ▁and ▁remain ▁unknown . ▁ ▁East ▁and ▁S out heast ▁Asia ▁▁ ▁C ave ▁paint ings ▁from ▁the ▁Indones ian ▁island ▁of ▁Sul aw esi ▁are ▁situated ▁in ▁the ▁C aves ▁in ▁the ▁district ▁of ▁Mar os ▁were ▁dated ▁based ▁on ▁U ran ium – th or ium ▁d ating ▁in ▁a ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁study . ▁The ▁oldest ▁dated ▁image ▁was ▁a ▁hand ▁st enc il , ▁given ▁a ▁minimum ▁age ▁of ▁ 3 9 ,