Global Distribution of Prehistoric Cave Paintings

Abstract

The history about the discovery of cave paintings is very interesting. As is generally the case with other discoveries, the detection of cave painting was not a result of an expedition or due to a research project in art. The initial sighting was not even by an expert in the field. It is stated in many books and articles written on cave paintings or rock art that the finding was accidental and by a girl in the caves of Altamira in Spain.¹