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HARUN YAHYA

may have experienced various societal changes, and their artistic and
productive understanding may have altered, but this does not consti-
tute evidence of any transition from the primitive to the modern.
The contradiction between archaeological remains left by people
in the past and the anatomical and biological remains that should
exist—according to evolutionists—once again invalidates Darwinist
claims on this subject. (For detailed evidence that scientifically demol-
ishes the supposed human family tree, which is Darwinism's funda-
mental claim, see Darwinism Refuted by Harun Yahya.) Evolutionists
claim that humans' cultural development must be directly propor-
tional to biological development. For example, men must first express
their emotions through simple drawings, then develop these further
until their gradual development eventually reaches a peak of artistic
achievement. However, early artistic remains from human history to-
tally undermine that assumption. The cave paintings, carvings and re-
liefs widely regarded as the first examples of art, prove that human
beings of that era possessed a very superior aesthetic understanding.
Scientists carrying out research in caves evaluate these pictures
as some of the most important and valuable works in the history of
art. The shading in these pictures, the use of perspective and the fine
lines employed, the depth of feeling expertly reflected in the reliefs,
and the aesthetic patterns that emerge as the sunlight strikes the carv-
ings—are all features that evolutionists are unable to explain because,
according to the Darwinist view, such a development should have
emerged very much later.
Many cave paintings found in France, Spain, Italy, China, India,
in parts of Africa and various other regions of the world provide im-
portant information about mankind's past cultural structure. The style
and coloring techniques employed in these drawings are of such qual-
ity as to astonish researchers. Even so, Darwinist scientists evaluate

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