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CR · Critical Reasoning
555-605
Inference
Zoologists seeking evidence that the Gigantopithicus (giant ape) once inhabited a certain region are digging into the middle and lower layers of a mound of earth. Gigantopithicus is known to have gone extinct before Neanderthal man came into existence. The bottom of the middle layer contains some Neanderthal bones, but the lower layer does not.
Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the evidence above?
Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the evidence above?
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The Neanderthals represented by the fossilized bones were not native to this region but wandered to it from another, distant region.
B
The Gigantopithicus species lived for a long time before it become extinct.
C
The middle layer does not represent the period in which Gigantopithicus lived.
D
Zoologists will not find any evidence of Gigantopithicus in this region.
E
The lower layer represents the period during which Neanderthal man lived.
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