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What is the critical factor that led to the appearance of 'art' as a form of symbolic visual communication?
What is the critical factor that led to the appearance of 'art' as a form of symbolic visual communication?
- The invention of writing
- The emergence of Homo Sapiens on the world stage
- The size of the human brain reaching modern capacity (correct)
- The development of language
Where can the oldest examples of art as a form of symbolic visual communication be found?
Where can the oldest examples of art as a form of symbolic visual communication be found?
- Australia
- Europe
- Asia
- Africa (correct)
When did the capacity for symbolic thinking, as evidenced by the engraved piece of ochre, emerge?
When did the capacity for symbolic thinking, as evidenced by the engraved piece of ochre, emerge?
- With the emergence of Homo Sapiens
- Thousands of years before the invention of writing (correct)
- After the appearance of modern humans
- Simultaneously with the development of language
What is the meaning of 'Homo Sapiens'?
What is the meaning of 'Homo Sapiens'?
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What level of cognitive development did the species that found and saved the Magapansgat pebble have?
What level of cognitive development did the species that found and saved the Magapansgat pebble have?
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