ANP 443 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Chauvet Cave, Upper Paleolithic, Cave Painting
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A form of subsistence agriculture in which farmers must expend a relatively large amount of effort to produce the maximum feasible yield from a parcel of land. The killing of wild animals and fish as well as the gathering of fruits, roots, nuts, and other plants for sustenance. "venus" figurines small stylized statues of females made in a variety of materials by early modern humans. Paleolithic era, evidence that suggested that early humans believed in life after death. Anatomically modern homo sapiens first appeared in africa and migrated to other areas completely displacing all pre-modern h. sapiens populations without interbreeding with them. Is used to increase the distance of a spear throw, notched throwing stick used by hunters to propel spears farther and faster. Lascaux caves in southwestern france famous for its paleolithic cave paintings. Very early cave paintings in the upper paleolithic france - have many images, including dots, stenciled handprints and hundreds of animal representations.
