Human record-keeping arguably dates back to the cave painting boom of the upper paleolithic, some 32,000-40,000 years ago.
Paleolithic human activities (whose earliest sites are 500,000 years old) were intermittent because of recurring glaciations.
By the end of the paleolithic, it had dropped 100 to 150 metres lower than today's sea level.
There are few studies of this type paleolithic environment in the country, in spite of information offered to anthropology.
Both animal and human figures strive for realism, a rarity in paleolithic art that reinforces the unique value of the site.
It was used as a pigment at least from the middle paleolithic.
An evolutionary psychology view is that some forms of fainting are non-verbal signals that developed in response to increased inter-group aggression during the paleolithic.
The movement is primarily associated with the paleolithic diet, but also includes going barefoot, and replicating a paleolithic exercise routine, or involve paleolithic survival skills.