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Re: Geologists believe that one of the largest volcanic eruptions in human [#permalink]
Here the answer should be D . To weaken the statement you need to establish that the population before and after the eruption doesn’t belong to the same clan . Indeed they are different and this is stated by D .


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TO WEAKEN THIS ARGUMENT WE TO PROVE THAT IT WAS NOT THE POPULATION PRIOR TO SUPER ERUPTION BUT WAS NEW POLLUTION .HENCE D IS CORRECT
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The Conclusion here is Humans who lived after super eruption belongs to the same area as the humans who lived before super eruption
Now the basis of this conclusion is the underlying assumption that tools used before eruption gives indication that humans post eruption belongs to the same area as humans prior to eruption.Option D weakens the conclusion by attacking it and hence is the correct answer
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Re: Geologists believe that one of the largest volcanic eruptions in human [#permalink]
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Geologists believe that one of the largest volcanic eruptions in human history occurred 74,000 years ago, the Toba supereruption. In one area, Middle Paleolithic tools of similar styles have been found and dated to closely before and after the Toba supereruption, indicating that the humans who lived after the supereruption were members of the population that had lived in that area prior to the eruption.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
A) Most tools used by the population prior to the supereruption were destroyed in the aftermath of the eruption.
B) Other evidence indicates that tools of similar styles had been used in the area long prior to the supereruption.
C) Some populations under the massive supereruption traveled long distances to attempt to find a better place to live.
D) After the supereruption, a new population might have found and adopted use of the tools that had originally belonged to a population that was destroyed by the supereruption.
E) Research has suggested that many animal species went extinct as a consequence of the supereruption.


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Reading the question: the final clause harbors the conclusion, which is that people after the Toba eruption were members of the same population as before. We sense a term mismatch:



The evidence doesn't talk about populations; it talks about tools. The assumption is, crudely, "Same tools? Same population!" To weaken it, we expect an answer that says, "Same tools doesn't mean same population." That's our filter.

Applying the filter: choice (D) matches our prediction and is the only answer choice to discuss both tools and populations.

Logical proof: We can confirm (D) by the negation test. If it were impossible for another people to adopt and use the tools, that would greatly strengthen the argument that the people before and after the eruption were the same folks.

The correct answer is (D).

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