The Wallace Line is used to designate the:

A. wind-blown silt deposited in deep layers in certain parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
B. repeated sets of tally marks, usually in groups of 8 to 10 and made with different stone tools, on engraved bone pieces.
C. style and outline of the Venus figurines from the Upper Paleolithic.
D. divide between the two distinct groups of animal species.


Answer: D

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