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Mark-making was part of the Homo toolkit even as far back as the Lower Paleolithic, continuing through the Middle Paleolithic, and on to the Upper Paleolithic. The point at which people began to arrange lines into recognizable representations is currently unknown. The Upper Paleolithic, roughly 35,000 to 11,000 years ago, is the period from which the great bulk of Paleolithic artworks are known. Paleolithic art is a worldwide phenomenon, but at this point, the most extensively publicized Upper Paleolithic art is found in Europe, the most renowned of which are cave paintings. Many cave paintings are schematicised, or stylized. They follow conventionalized features like super small heads, enormous bellies, and exceedingly short legs. In caves, there are also a great number of mysterious painted signs and symbols (whose meanings have been lost to the mists of time), as well as a number of naturalistic, or proportional artworks. |
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