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#24021
Complete Question Explanation
Must Be True. The correct answer choice is (D)
As with a great deal of Must Be True questions, the stimulus does not contain an argument made up of premises and a conclusion, but simply a statement of facts. These facts simply state that the fossilized bones of large prey found near human settlements indicate human activity on the least meaty portions of the bone and the activity of nonhuman predators on the most meaty portions. Additionally, the stimulus tells us that predators hunting such pray invariably ate the meatiest parts of the carcasses and left behind the less meaty portions.
Answer Choice (A): There is nothing in the stimulus to suggest that humans were predators of prey, large or small.
Answer Choice (B): Fruits and edible roots are not mentioned in the stimulus and therefore there is nothing in the stimulus to suggest that early humans ate either.
Answer Choice (C): The stimulus contains no information regarding the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of early human hunters or of group versus individual hunting strategies.
Answer Choice (D): This is the correct answer choice. Predators hunting large prey invariably ate the meatiest parts of the carcass, leaving behind the uneaten remains. On the fossilized bones of large prey found in areas populated by early humans, the meatiest portions of the carcass (those portions invariably eaten by the predator) not only showed no evidence of human cutting, but solely evidence of nonhuman predators. Cut marks made by humans were to be found only on the areas that had the least meat (those portions left behind by predators), suggesting that early humans scavenged these remains.
Answer Choice (E): Evidence presented in the stimulus suggests nothing as to whether early humans were nomadic or stationary, only what portions of large prey they likely consumed.
Must Be True. The correct answer choice is (D)
As with a great deal of Must Be True questions, the stimulus does not contain an argument made up of premises and a conclusion, but simply a statement of facts. These facts simply state that the fossilized bones of large prey found near human settlements indicate human activity on the least meaty portions of the bone and the activity of nonhuman predators on the most meaty portions. Additionally, the stimulus tells us that predators hunting such pray invariably ate the meatiest parts of the carcasses and left behind the less meaty portions.
Answer Choice (A): There is nothing in the stimulus to suggest that humans were predators of prey, large or small.
Answer Choice (B): Fruits and edible roots are not mentioned in the stimulus and therefore there is nothing in the stimulus to suggest that early humans ate either.
Answer Choice (C): The stimulus contains no information regarding the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of early human hunters or of group versus individual hunting strategies.
Answer Choice (D): This is the correct answer choice. Predators hunting large prey invariably ate the meatiest parts of the carcass, leaving behind the uneaten remains. On the fossilized bones of large prey found in areas populated by early humans, the meatiest portions of the carcass (those portions invariably eaten by the predator) not only showed no evidence of human cutting, but solely evidence of nonhuman predators. Cut marks made by humans were to be found only on the areas that had the least meat (those portions left behind by predators), suggesting that early humans scavenged these remains.
Answer Choice (E): Evidence presented in the stimulus suggests nothing as to whether early humans were nomadic or stationary, only what portions of large prey they likely consumed.