Paleolithic is the beginning part of what is known as the Stone Age, enduring for only about 2.6 million years, when the first stone tools were used. The Paleolithic Age, Greek meaning for “Old Stone”, is the period in the development of the modern man. During this time …show more content…
Their form of communication was from visual art. During the Paleolithic era, humans lived by following their food source and lived in caves. Cave art was developed. One of the most famous is the Chauvet Cave, which exhibits multiple animals interacting with one another. This shows how humans perceived the animals in the wild when they followed herds. In the Neolithic Revolution the major alterations to the way people lived also changed the art. Neolithic sculptures became larger because people no longer had to carry it with them; pottery became more prevalent and used to stow away food collected from the farm. An example of the shift from hunter-gathering to agriculture is the Saharan Rock Painting (Algeria). This painting shows the domestication of animals and humans working together. Neolithic art provides evidence to the changes those societies experienced. Another example of Neolithic art is Stonehenge. Stonehenge has many theories of what it was used for, but the most famous is its connection to the solar and lunar calendar. Paleolithic to Neolithic art has its differences based on how they lived day to