1. The transition from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic era is viewed by most art historians as a -------, because, instead of an increasingly ------- pictorial art, we find degeneration. (A) milestone. .debased (B) consolidation. .diverse (C) calamity. .aberrant (D) regression. .sophisticated (E) continuation. .improved -> To solve the second blank, you must see "instead of + degeneration". The..