Australian embryologists have found evidence
that suggests that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal, and its trunk originally evolving as a kind of snorkel.
(A) that suggests that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal, and its trunk originally evolving
(B) that has suggested the elephant descended from an aquatic animal, its trunk originally evolving
(C) suggesting that the elephant had descended from an aquatic animal with its trunk originally evolved
(D) to suggest that the elephant had descended from an aquatic animal and its trunk originally evolved
(E) to suggest that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal and that its trunk originally evolved
Reformatted the question based on
the Official Guide 2015. (SC 128)
I eliminated D and E because of 'to'. Because it changes the meaning of the sentence that embryologists found evidence with intention to prove that elephant is descended from aquatic animal when clearly that is not the intended meaning, am I doing something wrong?