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FIGURE 1. Alleged ancient depictions of dinosaurs at Kachina Bridge, Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah. 1.1. location of Dinosaurs 1 and 2 at Kachina Bridge, with box indicating area enlarged in 1.3. 1.2. location of Dinosaurs 3 and 4 at Kachina Bridge, with box indicating area enlarged in 1.8. 1.3. location of Dinosaurs 1 and 2 on the rock wall, with box indicating area enlarged in 1.4. 1.4. Dinosaurs 1 and 2, with box indicating area enlarged in 1.7. 1.5. Dinosaur 1 as illustrated by
Swift (2006) in a young-earth creationist book. 1.6. line drawing of 1.4, showing the distribution of human-made pecking (dark shading) and natural mineral or mud stains (light shading). Note that the "tail" of Dinosaur 1 is a separate pecked area from the "torso," and that its "legs" and the entire body of Dinosaur 2 (beneath the "chin" of Dinosaur 1) are not human-made images but natural mineral or mud stains. 1.7. detail of 1.4, showing texture of part of Dinosaur 1. Note that the "tail" is separate from and has denser pecking than the "torso," and that the "legs" are devoid of pecking or any other indicator of having been made by a human. 1.8. location of Dinosaurs 3 (right box) and 4 (left box) on the rock wall, with boxes indicating areas enlarged in 1.9 and 1.10, and arrows indicating wavy line that continues to the right as the "tail" of Dinosaur 3. 1.9. Dinosaur 3. 1.10. Dinosaur 4. 1.11. line drawing of 1.10.
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