Communication can range from very subtle processes of exchange, to full conversations and mass

communication. The history of communication itself can be traced back since the origin of speech circa
500,000 BCE[citation needed]. The use of technology in communication may be considered since the
first use of symbols about 30,000 years BCE. Among the symbols used, there are cave paintings,
petroglyphs, pictograms and ideograms. Writing was a major innovation, as well as printing technology
and, more recently, telecommunications and the Internet.

Cave paintings - are a type of parietal art (which category also includes petroglyphs, or engravings),
found on the wall or ceilings of caves.

Pertoglyphs - is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving,

or abrading, as a form of rock art.

Pictograms - also called a pictogramme, pictograph, or simply picto,[1] and in computer usage

an icon, is a graphic symbol that conveys its meaning through its pictorial resemblance to a physical
object.

Ideograms - is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept, independent of any particular

language, and specific words or phrases.