5 Questions
What is the critical factor that led to the appearance of 'art' as a form of symbolic visual communication?
The size of the human brain reaching modern capacity
Where can the oldest examples of art as a form of symbolic visual communication be found?
Africa
When did the capacity for symbolic thinking, as evidenced by the engraved piece of ochre, emerge?
Thousands of years before the invention of writing
What is the meaning of 'Homo Sapiens'?
Wise man
What level of cognitive development did the species that found and saved the Magapansgat pebble have?
They had not yet achieved a high level of cognitive development
Test your knowledge of the development of art and cognitive abilities with this quiz on the origins and significance of artistic expression in human history. Explore the correlation between intellectual sophistication and the emergence of symbolic visual communication, and learn about the pivotal role of Homo Sapiens in the evolution of art.
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