Prehistoric Art Origins Quiz

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When does recognizable art date back to in Europe, Africa, and Australia?

  • 20,000BC
  • 38,000BC (correct)
  • 50,000BC
  • 10,000BC

What were the lifestyles of the fully modern people associated with the first art?

  • Depended on urban living
  • Depended on advanced technology
  • Depended on hunting and foraging for food (correct)
  • Depended on industrial agriculture

What is the possible activity of earlier peoples mentioned in the text?

  • Decorated their bodies and clothes (correct)
  • Practiced modern medicine
  • Built advanced structures
  • Engaged in international trade

What is the nature of the works of art from the early period mentioned in the text?

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Where are there controversial claims for rock art of similar age?

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  • Earliest recognizable art associated with fully modern people
  • Lifestyles of these people depended on hunting, foraging, pastoralism, and subsistence agriculture
  • Possible earlier art forms may have existed but evidence has not survived
  • Recognizable art dates back to at least 38,000BC in Europe, Africa, and Australia
  • Controversial claims for rock art of similar age in South America
  • Works from this period are not simple and do not show child-like development
  • Art may have included body and clothing decoration, as well as marking trees and features in the landscape
  • The art is associated with the remains of fully modern people
  • The lifestyles of these people depended on hunting and foraging for food
  • Recognizable art dates from at least 38,000BC in Europe, Africa, and Australia
  • There are also controversial claims for rock art of similar age in South America
  • Works of this early period are not simple and do not show development in the manner of a child's drawing

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