Page 513 - Atlas of Creation Volume 2

Harun Yahya

Left: Here the artist has produced
a three-dimensional image. This is
an effect that only people well-
trained in art can use, and it is be-
yond the capabilities of many.

The people who produced the cave paintings dating back as far as 35,000 BCE used paints containing such chemicals and sub-
stances as manganese oxide, iron oxide, iron hydroxide, and dentine (the inner part of the teeth in vertebrates, consisting of col-
lagen and calcium). If you were to ask someone who had received no training in chemistry to reproduce any of the paints used in
these pictures, they would not know which chemical to use, how to get hold of it, and which other substances needed to be mixed
together with it. In addition, the people of the time were also well-informed about animal anatomy, as indicated by their making
use of collagen and calcium powder from the teeth of vertebrates.

The horse at the bottom right is from one of the paintings in the Niaux Cave. Research has shown the painting to be some 11,000
years old. The close resemblance between this horse and those living in the region today is noteworthy in revealing the ability of
the artist, who clearly had a highly developed artistic sense. That the paintings in question were made on cave walls is definitely
no evidence that the artists lived primitive lives. There is a high probability that they used these walls as their canvas solely out
of personal preference.

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