The art associated with the Upper Paleolithic was radically new in the world.There was no precedence for this type of painting and carving in the archaeological record.

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Before the Upper Paleolithic, there is evidence of art and symbolic behavior in earlier periods such as the Middle Paleolithic, with findings like the engraved ochres from Blombos Cave in South Africa, which date back to about 75,000 years ago, indicating that the roots of human symbolic and artistic expression predate the Upper Paleolithic.

The Art Associated with the Upper Paleolithic Was Radically New