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Anthropologist: One of the distinctive traits of humans is the ability to support a large brain with a small gut, which requires getting more calories from less food. It was likely the development of cooking that made this possible. After all, our ancestors developed large brains around the time that they began to control fire. And even today, people who choose to eat only raw food have difficulty getting enough calories.
Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the anthropologist's argument?
A. Cooked foods contain the same number of calories as raw foods.
B. Raw meat contains more calories than a similar quantity of raw vegetables.
C. The human body is able to extract a similar number of calories from cooked food and raw food.
D. The human body uses more calories to process raw food than it uses to process cooked food.
E. Domesticated plants and animals are richer in calories than their wild counterparts are.
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Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the anthropologist's argument?
A. Cooked foods contain the same number of calories as raw foods.
B. Raw meat contains more calories than a similar quantity of raw vegetables.
C. The human body is able to extract a similar number of calories from cooked food and raw food.
D. The human body uses more calories to process raw food than it uses to process cooked food.
E. Domesticated plants and animals are richer in calories than their wild counterparts are.
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Conclusion - It was likely the development of cooking that made this possible.
Premise - One of the distinctive traits of humans is the ability to support a large brain with a small gut, which requires getting more calories from less food. After all, our ancestors developed large brains around the time that they began to control fire. And even today, people who choose to eat only raw food have difficulty getting enough calories.
Pre-thinking - We must find the option which indicates advantage of cooking over eating raw food.
Option D is the most appropriate.
Answer D.
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Conclusion:
Cooking makes it possible to get more calories from less food
Goal:
To strengthen this argument by showing that it is indeed cooking and not something else that makes it possible to get more calories from less food
Answer choices:
A. Cooked foods contain the same number of calories as raw foods. WRONG - obvious weakener because if this is the case, then it's something else that is causing the people eating raw foods to get fewer calories
B. Raw meat contains more calories than a similar quantity of raw vegetables WRONG - out of scope as we're not concerned with the caloric quantities of different raw food items
C. The human body is able to extract a similar number of calories from cooked food and raw food. WRONG - this is just telling us that the human body extracts similar amounts from both cooked and raw food; it does not indicate that cooking provides more calories from less food
D. The human body uses more calories to process raw food than it uses to process cooked food CORRECT - if more calories are used to process raw food, it would imply that fewer calories are used to process the same amount of cooked food. Therefore, with cooked food, one gets more calories even if they consumed less food
E. Domesticated plants and animals are richer in calories than their wild counterparts are. WRONG - because we do not know whether these plants and animals are being consumed cooked or raw, it does not support the idea that cooking provides more calories from less food
Cooking makes it possible to get more calories from less food
Goal:
To strengthen this argument by showing that it is indeed cooking and not something else that makes it possible to get more calories from less food
Answer choices:
A. Cooked foods contain the same number of calories as raw foods. WRONG - obvious weakener because if this is the case, then it's something else that is causing the people eating raw foods to get fewer calories
B. Raw meat contains more calories than a similar quantity of raw vegetables WRONG - out of scope as we're not concerned with the caloric quantities of different raw food items
C. The human body is able to extract a similar number of calories from cooked food and raw food. WRONG - this is just telling us that the human body extracts similar amounts from both cooked and raw food; it does not indicate that cooking provides more calories from less food
D. The human body uses more calories to process raw food than it uses to process cooked food CORRECT - if more calories are used to process raw food, it would imply that fewer calories are used to process the same amount of cooked food. Therefore, with cooked food, one gets more calories even if they consumed less food
E. Domesticated plants and animals are richer in calories than their wild counterparts are. WRONG - because we do not know whether these plants and animals are being consumed cooked or raw, it does not support the idea that cooking provides more calories from less food
