MarcelinoSanzdeSautuolaydelaPedrueca,in1868,accidentallydiscoveredPaleolithicpaintingswiththehelpofahunternamedModestoCubillasinsideAltamira'scaves,locatedinCantabria,northtoSpain.Tryingtoexposetheirdiscoverytotheacademicworldforthattheystudythepaintings,Sautuolacrashedagainsttheskepticismanddiscreditofallexperts,whoclaimedthatthecaveswerefalseandthepaintingsmadefortheownSautuola,inaefforttogetrich.Lookingforthetruth,Sautuolawastherestofhislifefightingtoprovethatthosepaintingswerereal,tryingtorestorehisinnocencefromtheaccusationsoffalsehoodlaunchedagainsthim.
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