The assemblage is the result of natural processes

 

"..all the objects on your website appear to be purely natural. They mainly appear to have been produced through frost shattering... ...Such objects can only be produced through freezing and thawing over a long period time and by pure chance superficially resemble the images you suggest."

Dr. Nicholas Ashton, September 2006

"Nobody would be more pleased than I to encounter genuine examples of art objects from before the Upper Palaeolithic. However, while it is always difficult to judge from photos, I can see absolutely no trace of any work on your stones whatsoever, so can only conclude that they are entirely natural."

Dr. Paul Bahn, August 2006

"Over the more than 30 years I have worked here, we have seen scores of flints brought in which were said to be humanly shaped, many of which have come from localities with no evidence of human occupation, or indeed dating well before humans even existed... ...If you conduct an open-minded search on such a beach I think you will find many more objects which at first sight appear to be representations of faces, animals etc., but which have been produced by natural processes"

Prof. Chris Stringer July 2007

This web site examines two hypothesis:

(1) That the collection presented is the result of natural processes.

a. Palaeoart Falsification

b. Palaeoart Developed Mode 1 Lithic Industry

 

(2) That any resemblance to "real" things is fortuitous and/or simply pareidolia.

Palaeoart Iconography