MarcelinoSanzdeSautuolaydelaPedrueca,in1868,accidentallydiscoveredPaleolithicpaintingswiththehelpofahunternamedModestoCubillasinsideAltamirascaves,locatedinCantabria,northtoSpain.Tryingtoexposetheirdiscoverytotheacademicworldforthattheystudythepaintings,Sautuolacrashedagainsttheskepticismanddiscreditofallexperts,whoclaimedthatthecaveswerefalseandthepaintingsmadefortheownSautuola,inaefforttogetrich.Lookingforthetruth,Sautuolawastherestofhislifefightingtoprovethatthosepaintingswerereal,tryingtorestorehisinnocencefromtheaccusationsoffalsehoodlaunchedagainsthim.
