Before revision: If the ochre tradition has been correctly interpreted, it constitutes evidence for the world's first 'art'— an aspect of 'symbolic culture'—in the form of personal ornamentation and body-painting.Power, C. 2010.
After revision: The controversial theory of female cosmetic coalitions interprets the ochre tradition as evidence that the world's first art, as an aspect of symbolic culture, took the form of personal ornamentation and body-painting.Power, C. 2010.