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The wild Mouflon sheep of the island of Corsica are direct descendants of sheep that escaped from domestication on the island 8,000 years ago. They therefore provide archaeologists with a picture of what some early domesticated sheep looked like, before the deliberate selective breeding that produced modern domesticated sheep began. The argument above makes which of the following assumptions? (A) The domesticated sheep of 8,000 years ago were quite dissimilar from the wild sheep of the time. (B) There are no other existing breeds of sheep that escaped from domestication at about the same time as the forebears of the Mouflon. (C) Modern domesticated sheep are direct descendants of sheep that were wild 8,000 years ago. (D) Mouflon sheep are more similar to their fore bears of 8,000 years ago than modern domesticated sheep are to theirs. (E) The climate of Corsica has not changed at all in the last 8,000 years.
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Re: CR : MOUFLON SHEEP [#permalink]
21 Oct 2008, 07:23
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Re: CR : MOUFLON SHEEP [#permalink]
21 Oct 2008, 07:35
amitdgr wrote: The wild Mouflon sheep of the island of Corsica are direct descendants of sheep that escaped from domestication on the island 8,000 years ago. They therefore provide archaeologists with a picture of what some early domesticated sheep looked like, before the deliberate selective breeding that produced modern domesticated sheep began.
The argument above makes which of the following assumptions?
(A) The domesticated sheep of 8,000 years ago were quite dissimilar from the wild sheep of the time -> PERFECTO
(B) There are no other existing breeds of sheep that escaped from domestication at about the same time as the forebears of the Mouflon -> just providing pictures of some dom.sheeps is mentioned
(C) Modern domesticated sheep are direct descendants of sheep that were wild 8,000 years ago. -> this is irrelevant
(D) Mouflon sheep are more similar to their fore bears of 8,000 years ago than modern domesticated sheep are to theirs. -> why are v bothered about photos of wild sheeps OUT ,we are just taking picture of domestic sheeps of earlier time
(E) The climate of Corsica has not changed at all in the last 8,000 years. -> OOS PR1 : The wild Mouflon sheep of the island of Corsica are direct descendants of sheep that escaped from domestication on the island 8,000 years ago.CONCLUTION: They therefore provide archaeologists with a picture of what some early domesticated sheep looked like, before the deliberate selective breeding that produced modern domesticated sheep began. providing pictures suffices for selcective breeding to get ddomesticated sheeps !! that means looks do matter
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Re: CR : MOUFLON SHEEP [#permalink]
21 Oct 2008, 07:52
Between A and D I chose D
whats the OA?
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Re: CR : MOUFLON SHEEP [#permalink]
21 Oct 2008, 08:09
another A
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Re: CR : MOUFLON SHEEP [#permalink]
21 Oct 2008, 08:46
amitdgr wrote: The wild Mouflon sheep of the island of Corsica are direct descendants of sheep that escaped from domestication on the island 8,000 years ago. They therefore provide archaeologists with a picture of what some early domesticated sheep looked like, before the deliberate selective breeding that produced modern domesticated sheep began.
The argument above makes which of the following assumptions?
(A) The domesticated sheep of 8,000 years ago were quite dissimilar from the wild sheep of the time.
(B) There are no other existing breeds of sheep that escaped from domestication at about the same time as the forebears of the Mouflon.
(C) Modern domesticated sheep are direct descendants of sheep that were wild 8,000 years ago.
(D) Mouflon sheep are more similar to their fore bears of 8,000 years ago than modern domesticated sheep are to theirs.
(E) The climate of Corsica has not changed at all in the last 8,000 years. D is exactly what the passage assumes. Since modren domesticated sheep are not similar to the Mouflon sheep and Mouflon sheep are more similar to their fore bears of 8,000 years ago, the Mouflon sheep provides archaeologists with a picture of what some early domesticated sheep looked like, before the deliberate selective breeding that produced modern domesticated sheep began.
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Re: CR : MOUFLON SHEEP [#permalink]
21 Oct 2008, 09:06
The Ds have it  OA is D !!
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Re: The wild Mouflon sheep of the island of Corsica are direct [#permalink]
01 Jun 2012, 21:47
I'm not very convinced with option D. Even using the negation technique both option B and D seem to be contendors for the right answer. can some one please help?
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Re: The wild Mouflon sheep of the island of Corsica are direct [#permalink]
02 Jun 2012, 08:28
IMO, D it is! A mentions wild sheep..which is nowhere mentioned in the stimulus.
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