In 1879, a landowner and amateur archaeologist named Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola ventured into a newly discovered cave system in northern Spain. Hoping to find prehistoric tools, he kept his eyes fixed ...
India, June 22 -- Long before humans built cities, developed writing systems or cultivated crops, they were already creating art. Deep inside caves across Asia and Europe, prehistoric artists painted ...
The Altamira cave paintings were discovered by a little girl named Maria Sanz de Sautuola in 1879 in northern Spain. The paintings consisted of large bison painted in detail and color, which made the ...