The only fossilized bones of large prey found

Answer choices

1. A

   Unsupported: small prey3% picked this

   Early humans were predators of small prey, not of

   We can sign off on the second half of this answer, but we don't have any support for the idea that humans hunted small prey. For all we know, they may have just scavenged large prey.

   3%
2. B

   Out of Scope: fruits / roots1% picked this

   Early humans ate fruits and edible roots as well

   We never discussed fruits or roots at all, so we have no support for this claim.

   1%
3. C

   Out of Scope: groups vs. individual1% picked this

   Early humans would have been more effective hunters of large prey if they had hunted in large

   We never talk about how humans hunted (they may have hunted in large groups, so this supposed-counterfactual might be meaningless).

   1%
4. D

   Correct92% picked this

   Early humans were not hunters of large prey but scavenged the uneaten remains of prey

   Why this is right

   This is the most supportable answer choice. By contrapositive logic from the rule in the last sentence, we know that humans were not hunters of large prey. And from the evidence of cut marks made by humans on the less-meaty parts of carcasses, it's reasonable to guess that humans were scavenging the uneaten remains of the large prey.

   Skill tested: Most Supported · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   92%
5. E

   Out of Scope: nomads3% picked this

   Early humans were nomadic, and their settlements followed the migratory patterns of predators

   Nothing in this paragraph talks in any way about how human populations lived (nomadically or otherwise).

   3%