PrepTest 93+, Section 2, Question 13
In northern Europe, archaeologists have discovered 400,000-year-old sharpened wooden poles alongside flint cutting implements and the remains of horses. Since it is normally assumed that Homo sapiens did not inhabit Europe prior to 200,000 years ago, this discovery effectively disproves the widespread belief that the humanlike precursors of Homo sapiens were entirely gatherers and scavengers and did not hunt.
In northern Europe, archaeologists have discovered 400,000-year-old sharpened wooden poles alongside flint cutting implements and the remains of horses. Since it is normally assumed that Homo sapiens did not inhabit Europe prior to 200,000 years ago, this discovery effectively disproves the widespread belief that the humanlike precursors of Homo sapiens were entirely gatherers and scavengers and did not hunt.
In northern Europe, archaeologists have discovered 400,000-year-old sharpened wooden poles alongside flint cutting implements and the remains of horses. Since it is normally assumed that Homo sapiens did not inhabit Europe prior to 200,000 years ago, this discovery effectively disproves the widespread belief that the humanlike precursors of Homo sapiens were entirely gatherers and scavengers and did not hunt.
In northern Europe, archaeologists have discovered 400,000-year-old sharpened wooden poles alongside flint cutting implements and the remains of horses. Since it is normally assumed that Homo sapiens did not inhabit Europe prior to 200,000 years ago, this discovery effectively disproves the widespread belief that the humanlike precursors of Homo sapiens were entirely gatherers and scavengers and did not hunt.
Which one of the following, if true, would add the most support to the argument?
Sharpened wooden poles were not used by humanlike precursors of Homo sapiens for self-defense or to cut or transport scavenged carcasses.
Humanlike inhabitants of northern Europe are known to have used stones and wooden sticks as tools more than 400,000 years ago.
Homo sapiens evolved from humanlike precursors at least 200,000 years earlier than is normally assumed.
The humanlike precursors of Homo sapiens developed widely divergent patterns of behavior in the very different ecosystems they inhabited.
Prehistoric Homo sapiens who adopted hunting as a means of food acquisition did not abandon scavenging and gathering.
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