【单选题】According to paragraph 2, what makes some researchers think that certain cave paintings were connected with magical-religious activities? DIRECTIONS: READ THE PASSAG E. THEN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. GIVE...
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, HUNTERS MAY HAVE USED A SYSTEM OF NOTATION, ENGRAVED ON BONE AND STONE, TO MARK PHASES OF THE MOO N. IF THIS IS TRUE, IT WOULD MEAN THAT UPPER PALEOLITHIC PEOPLE WERE CAPABLE OF COMPLEX THOUGHT AND WERE CONSCIOUSLY AWARE OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT. IN ADDITION TO OTHER ARTWORKS, FIGURINES REPRESENTING THE HUMAN FEMALE IN EXAGGERATED FORM. HAVE ALSO BEEN FOUND AT UPPER PALEOLITHIC SITES. IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT THESE FIGURINES WERE AN IDEAL TYPE OR AN EXPRESSION OF A DESIRE FOR FERTILITY. DIRECTIONS: NOW ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. THE EARLIEST DISCOVERED TRACES OF ART ARE BEADS AND CARVINGS, AND THEN PAINTINGS, FROM SITES DATING BACK TO THE UPPER PALEOLITHIC PERIO
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WE MIGHT EXPECT THAT EARLY ARTISTIC EFFORTS WOULD BE CRUDE, BUT THE CAVE PAINTINGS OF SPAIN AND SOUTHERN FRANCE SHOW A MARKED DEGREE OF SKILL. SO DO THE NATURALISTIC PAINTINGS ON SLABS OF STONE EXCAVATED IN SOUTHERN AFRICA. SOME OF THOSE SLABS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN PAINTED AS MUCH AS 28,000 YEARS AGO, WHICH SUGGESTS THAT PAINTING IN AFRICA IS AS OLD AS PAINTING IN EUROP
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BUT PAINTING MAY BE EVEN OLDER THAN THAT. THE EARLY AUSTRALIANS MAY HAVE PAINTED ON THE WALLS OF ROCK SHELTERS AND CLIFF FACES AT LEAST 30,000 YEARS AGO, AND MAYBE AS MUCH AS 60,000 YEARS AGO.