Cave de Vinci
Buxu Cave, Cueva del Buxu, Spain
An Ancient Leonardo da
Vinci
These
cave paintings not only show artistic value but a clear need to
understand anatomy. Shown below is an outline of a cave wall engraving
from the Upper Solutrean to Magdalenian period approximately 16,000 –
11,500 BP. The photo under this diagram is the actual engraving.
Further
down I have included a couple anatomy diagrams of a horse’s muscles.
Pictures from: http://donsmaps.com/buxu.html
Highlighted image of the rock art.
Photo: Berenguer (1988) in: http://www.hispanista.org/libros/alibros/42/vers/lb42f.pdf
Modern
diagram superimposed over the ancient one to show similarities.
Cueva del Pindal, Cantabria, Spain
In the
photo above you can see they recognized the importance of the heart, as
one among the many organs in a body. They singled it out in the painting
with a red inner view, at the left shoulder.
Pictures from: http://donsmaps.com/cuevadelpindal.html
Mammoth painted in red with what appears to be a heart, painted in the same colour, at the left shoulder.
Photo: Berenguer (1994)
Mammoth painting with a red patch at the shoulder.
Photo: http://www.asturnatura.com/turismo/cueva-del-pindal/1156.html
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Also see: Interpretive Misconceptions of Petroglyphs PDF file