Lascaux was found thanks to a dog. In 1940, 18-year-old Marcel Ravidat noticed his dog poking into a hole left by an uprooted tree; inside were paintings 17,000 to 22,000 years old.

17,000 BC · 1940 · apart: 18,940 years

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• The paintings of Lascauxc. 17,000 BC · Montignac, France. The hundreds of bulls, horses and deer at Lascaux were painted 17,000–22,000 years ago, partly from scaffolds. The cave was found in 1940 by 18-year-old Marcel Ravidat, whose dog nosed into a hole under an uprooted tree; since 1963 visitors see only replicas.

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