A group of scientists from Tel Aviv University, Israel’s most respected university, investigated why people went into caves and drew these pictures in the past.
During the research phase, scientists examined the caves in Spain and France between 14 thousand and 40 thousand years ago. The common features of these caves were that they consisted of narrow and formless passages that would not be very suitable for normal human transportation. The common features of the paintings drawn in the caves were the use of black or red color. The drawings are generally animal pictures, handprints and abstract drawings.
An important part of the first age painters did not draw with a sober mind.
It was concluded that the oxygen level in all these caves selected in the scientific researches was very low. This actually leads to the conclusion that primitive painters who drew pictures in caves at that time could only draw pictures under hallucination. Scientists have stated that it is impossible for a person in these caves to remain mentally sound without an oxygen cylinder.
As is known, low oxygen level causes hypoxia in a short time. Hypoxia is also colloquially called mountain sickness or mountain strike. Headache and dizziness are seen at first in the person exposed to hypoxia, then results such as rapid heartbeat, inability to concentrate and hallucinations occur. If it is not intervened in a short time or if the person does not leave the environment, hypoxia results in death.
Brewed from caves where there is no alcohol
Scientists think that the ancient painters may have entered such caves consciously, in a sense, to beautify their minds. In other words, the main source of the absurdity of some of the cave paintings we see today is; Primitive painters especially went into the cave to brew their heads and drew something with that head.
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