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Both humans and chimpanzees evolved from a common ancestor.
Chimpanzees are indeed closely related to humans.
Humans did not evolve from chimpanzees.
It simply does not follow that chimpanzees have anything like human language.
Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main conclusion of the anthropologist's argument?
Humans did not evolve from
This is a premise that supports the argument’s main point.
6% picked this
The assumption that something like
Why this is right
This best paraphrases the argument's main conclusion.
Skill tested: Main Conclusion · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.
77% picked this
The communicative systems of chimpanzees
This is the point the argument opposes.
1% picked this
Human language is a by-product
Human intelligence is not discussed in the argument.
2% picked this
The evolution of human language
A point similar to this serves as a premise in the argument. Furthermore the premise suggests that human language might have begun after the extinction of that common ancestor. This however suggests that human language did begin after the disappearance of an extinct species from which both humans and chimpanzees evolved.
15% picked this
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