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Your friend Madhu is trying to convince you that prehistoric cave paintings might have been made by prehistoric shamans. She has some evidence that she has presented to you. Which of her arguments is MOST likely to support her theory that the cave paintings might have been made by prehistoric shamans?

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No hunter-gatherer societies practiced shamanism.

Prehistoric groups may have believed that the shamans could communicate with the spirits of the animals painted in the caves.

Prehistoric peoples returned to caves for about 500 years to create these paintings

Only males were allowed to communicate with spirits.

Answer 1

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The argument that prehistoric groups may have believed that the shamans could communicate with the spirits of the animals painted in the caves is the most likely to support the theory that the cave paintings might have been made by prehistoric shamans. This belief would give a possible explanation for why the shamans would create the paintings and suggest a spiritual or ceremonial purpose for them.