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They do not date back to the last thousands of years as previously thought, but to around 8,200 years ago:Within the already-attented archaeological site Cueva Huenul 1, in the desolate Patagonian desert, a cave with nearly 900 paintings has forced scientists to significantly revise their estimates.Among the most mysterious reasons A comb pattern that first appeared over 8 thousand years ago has been discovered, which thus becomes the oldest cave painting in Patagonia and among the most primitive ever found in South America.According to experts, cave artists continued to draw the same image for thousands of years with the aim of "passing down precious lessons" during a time when climate change threatened their survival.The research results were included in a study already subjected to peer review and published in the journal Science.«We got the results and we were very surprised. It was a shock and we had to rethink some things, commented Guadalupe Romero Villanueva, au...