Page 519 - Atlas of Creation Volume 2

Harun Yahya

CATAL HUYUK, REGARDED AS THE FIRST CITY

IN HISTORY, REFUTES EVOLUTION

Generally agreed to date back to 9,000 BCE, Catal Huyuk is described as one of the first cities known to
history. Its first discoveries initiated great debates in the world of archaeology, proving the invalidity

of evolutionist claims once again. The archaeologist James Mellart describes how the advanced state of
the region quite amazed him:
The amount of technological specialization at Catal Huyuk is one of the striking features in this highly developed

society which was obviously in the vanguard of Neolithic progress . . . How for example, did they polish a mirror
of obsidian, a hard volcanic glass, without scratching it and how did they drill holes through stone beads (in-
cluding obsidian), holes so small that no find modern steel needle can penetrate? When and where did they learn
to smelt copper and lead...? 16

These findings showed that the inhabitants of Catal Huyuk possessed an understanding of urban life,

were capable of planning, design and calculation, and that their artistic understanding was far more
advanced than had been thought. Professor Ian Hodder, current leader of the excavation team, states
that these findings obtained totally invalidate evolutionist claims. He says that they have unearthed an
astonishing art whose origins were unclear and notes that it was very difficult to account for the geo-
graphical position of Catal Huyuk—which, according to Hodder, has no direct geographical link to
areas known to be settled at the time. The frescoes discovered are very advanced for the period. He
says that after enquiring why and how these people attained such an elevated artistic level, the real

question is how the group of people achieved such a stunning cultural success. So far as we know, he
says, there was no evolution in the cultural development achieved at Catal Huyuk, where such major
works of art emerged spontaneously and from nothing. 17

All discoveries at Catal
Huyuk disprove the claim
of historical and cultural
evolution. The wall pic-
tures here are not the
work of so-called cave-
menwho had just
emerged from a state of
savagery, but of human
beings with sophisticated
artistic ability and es-
thetic understanding.

Above: One of the Catalhoyuk wall paintings represents a deer hunt.

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