Controversy over reopening the 'Sistine Chapel' of Stone Age art
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 12:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Plans to reopen Spain's Altamira caves are stirring controversy over the possibility that tourists' visits will further damage the 20,000-year old wall paintings that changed views about the intellectual ability of prehistoric people, according to a new article. The caves are the site of Stone Age paintings so magnificent that experts have called them the "Sistine Chapel of Paleolithic Art."