A group of Black people called the Grimaldi discovered the continent currently known as Europe approximately 40,000 years ago. Throughout many centuries they travelled from the Cape of South Africa, to Spain, Italy and France, since they were able to walk on dry land because at that time there was no Straits of Gibraltar.

Some stopped along the way to settle and develop tribes and nations. After reaching Europe, the Grimaldi scattered throughout Switzerland, Illyria, Bulgaria, Southern Europe and Brittany which is today's England, Wales and Scotland.

The Grimaldi left evidence of their culture such as the stone implements for working in the environment, various communication symbols, musical instruments and the first bow and arrow.

Their features consisted of the typical large and flat noses, and their facial and head characteristics resembled the Koramus people of South Africa and the Bushmen who arrived thousands of years later. They have been compared to today's Blacks in appearance noting that many wore their hair in cornrows and today's peppercorns.

During the later Palaeolithic period, the Grimaldi were the most powerful and influential force on the continent. These Blacks were accomplished and cultured, bringing with them arts and survival skills that gave new life to the decayed and stagnant Neanderthal period of Europe.

They contributed greatly to the early or first arts of Europe as revealed through the statuettes unearthed by archaeologists, which revealed astonishing workmanship. They were the oldest sculptures created by man; in fact, the statue of the Maid of Willendorf found in Austria has been called the first signs of art on earth.

These meaningful discoveries also show the extent of their migration when considering that pieces of Grimaldi sculpture were found in southern Siberia and Russia. Yet the touring exhibits of Ice Age Art from Europe make no mention of the art of the Grimaldi.

The Grimaldi disappeared around 12,000 BC, offering several hypotheses as to the reason for their disappearance. One suggestion is that the Cro-Magnons killed them, while another implies that race mixing caused the Grimaldi to lose their Blackness. Another possibility is that they migrated to other parts of the world and mixed with other peoples, thus creating other nations.

In any case, the excavations on the European continent provide evidence that the Grimaldi were its earliest inhabitants. The opening of Grimaldi graves and other excavations have revealed skeletons and artefacts in layers below those of the Cro-Magnons.

The Grimaldi however left the bow and arrow and other useful tools that enabled the thousands of generations of barbaric people of Europe to survive throughout prehistory until the coming of the Roman period.