which-of-following-most-logically-completes-the-argument-33561.htmlWhich of following most logically completes the argument?
The last members of a now-extinct species of a European wild deer called the giant dear lived in Ireland about 16,000 years ago. Prehistoric cave paintings in France depict this animal as having a large hump on its back. Fossils of this animal, however, do not show any hump. Nevertheless, there is no reason to conclude that the cave paintings are therefore inaccurate in this regard, since ______.
Notes
Ancient deer lived somewhere.
Paintings show deer with hump.
Fossils no hump.
C: paintings not inaccurate,
because
A. some prehistoric cave paintings in France also depict other animals as having a hump
Wrong:
Other animals Out of scope
B. fossils of the giant deer are much more common in Ireland than in France
Wrong: incidence of Fossils are not an issue in argument
C. animal humps are composed of fatty tissue, which dose not fossilize
Correct: People saw animal with hump, but Fossils did not capture it.
Negating Answer weakens argument, because it shows that Fossils would have captured the hump, but didn't and Therfore the paintings were inaccurate.
D. the cave paintings of the giant deer were painted well before 16,000 years ago
Wrong, because it shows that the painters did not capture the correct animal. This weakens the argument.
E. only one currently existing species of deer has any anatomical feature that even remotely resembles a hump
Wrong :
Out of scope: we aren't taking about currently existing species of deer.