One of the interpretations of the early human cave paintings is that they represent

A. a complicated, and so far indecipherable, written language.
B. the first conscious development of art for its own sake.
C. a variety of sympathetic magic.
D. early worship of the forces of evil.
E. positive proof of the limited intellectual world of the early human.


Answer: C

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