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Available until 04/13/2028 An episode of the documentary series Les Idées grandes with Youness Bousenna, to be found here https://shorturl.at/dfIN2 With Jean-Loïc Le Quellec Myths have always answered the big questions we ask ourselves about the origin of the world, the meaning of existence or what happens after death. But what myths did we believe in 10,000 or 100,000 years ago? It is frustrating to imagine that most of these myths have evaporated over time. At least, that's what we thought, because there have been fascinating developments in this field thanks to new technologies that allow us to go back in time. Jean-Loïc Le Quellec is one of the great figures of this revolution. This emeritus research director at the CNRS is one of the pioneers in the use of this method. Now, we can not only imagine the oldest myths of humanity, but also understand how their trajectory accompanies human migrations. So, how do we manage to trace the history of myths? What do the great stories of humanity tell us? And, moreover, what is a myth? References: Jean-Loïc Le Quellec - The original cave. Art, myths and early humanities - 2022 Jean-Loïc Le Quellec - Before us the flood! Humanity and its myths - 2021 Julien d'huy - A story of a cosmogonic dive in the Upper Paleolithic? - 2017 Subscribe to the ARTE channel / @arte Follow us on social media! Facebook: / artetv Twitter: / artefr Instagram: / artefr