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To: koan who wrote (236414)	11/1/2013 1:01:24 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542947

In Chauvet Cave....wall paintings .showed mostly....extreme deterioration .. for paintings that were submerged going back in ..recent..deep time (I imagine.) the natural paints/ oxides...were swept away

To: koan who wrote (236414)	11/1/2013 1:44:34 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542947

"I was hoping someone knew of older art or had a theory." The oldest "art" we've found is in caves protected from the elements. Which suggests right there why we haven't found any older art. Where I live, the lines painted on roads with the best tech we have only last at most one or two winters.