 Studies on the fossilised fauna of the Oligocene and early Miocene of the region have been significant not just regionally but throughout France, Europe and internationally.From primitive occupation to the Gallo-Roman period
Motorway building work around Gannat has allowed the discovery of quartz works which date back 800,000 years.Deposits at Clos de Montsala have revealed bifaces and bone fragments indicating the presence of hunters around 300,000 years ago.