Original: The Chauvet CaveFrench : La Grotte Chauvet or Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave is a cave in the Ardèche department of southern France that contains the earliest known cave paintings and other evidence of Upper Paleolithic life .
Simplified: The Chauvet CaveFrench : La Grotte Chauvet or Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave lies near Vallon-Pont-d'Arc , in the Ardèche département , in southern France .