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...This phrase is an echo from the great cave at Altamira, Spain, where the Marquis of Sautuola first found and recognized prehistoric paintings in 1879. Altamira is commonly called "the Sistine Chapel of Magdelanian art," representing a Paleolithic culture about 10,000 years later than Montignac...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: New Prehistoric Art Gallery | 7/28/1941 | See Source »

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