Hey guys, it's Adventure Van here with a blog about Altamira. You might know Altamira as one of the great finds for adding in hundreds of paintings to our collection of prehistoric man. However, do you know how it was discovered? It was discovered by a hunter's dog. You see, the hunter was chasing after a fox, and the dog was following the fox. The dog got itself stuck in between a rock pile, and the hunter, in moving the rocks, uncovered the entrance to a cave system. After walking in and exploring the huge area with bone sticking out of the ground, he left and went on to inform a paleontologist friend, and owner of the land he was hunting on, who was interested in those types of things.
The name of this paleontologist was Don Marcelino de Sautuola. He went on to examine the caves, and began digging, finding a group of animal bones that were prove of humanity being there, with knifes and spear bits being scattered about. However, it wasn't until his daughter Maria went with him that the main achievement of the caves were realized. As Maria went thru the catacombs, she could reach places where her dad couldn't. and went down a small tunnel to find a sight 'of that of the fairy-tale cow'. She told her father, and he excavated the tunnel and saw over 25 painted animals in a herd, for the most part bison, as well as 50 outliers in this one cave system. He found others of the such in the other branches, and noted that the artists worked with the contours to give their creations defining features.
Because of the work of professionals, (and children and dogs), we have one of the largest (to date) complete collection of art, which never would've been found without a simple hunter's dog. And that's why we have a great understanding of human history.
That's Adventure Van, exploring over there.
(I'm planning on a second part, so a link will be here when it comes out. Here's the link: CLICK ME)
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