Editing 1994 in science (section)

==Archaeology and paleontology==
* March 31 – The journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' reports the finding in [[Ethiopia]] of the first complete ''[[Australopithecus afarensis]]'' skull, significant in the study of [[human evolution]].
* December 18 – [[Chauvet Cave]] discovered by Jean-Marie Chauvet and other [[speleology|speleologists]] near [[Vallon-Pont-d'Arc]] in the [[Ardèche]] department of southern [[France]], containing some of the earliest known [[cave painting]]s of animals, as well as other evidence of [[Upper Paleolithic]] life.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chauvet|first1=Jean-Marie|first2=Eliette Brunel|last2=Deschamps|first3=Christian|last3=Hillaire|title=Dawn of Art: The Chauvet Cave|year=1996|publisher=Harry N. Abrams|location=New York|isbn=978-0-8109-3232-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/dawnofartchauvet0000chau}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Clottes|first=Jean|others=Paul G. Bahn (translator)|title=Chauvet Cave: The Art of Earliest Times|year=2003|publisher=University of Utah Press|location=Salt Lake City|isbn=978-0-87480-758-5|page=214}}</ref>
* The ''[[Australopithecus]]'' skeleton "[[Little Foot]]" is identified in South Africa.