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IMO B.

A: The presence of unrelated juvenile and adult male monkeys causes more self-destructive behavior in juvenile monkeys than does the presence of a mixed-gender group of unrelated adult monkeys.This option says the presence causes self-destructive behavior but it is the separation from the mother that causes this behavior.
B: The presence of unrelated adult female monkeys is more important to juvenile monkeys in alleviating distress caused by being separated from their mothers than is the presence of unrelated juvenile monkeys.This option rightly says that the presence of other adult female monkeys helps in alleviating the distress caused by separation from mother.
C: The presence of unrelated adult male monkeys is threatening to juvenile monkeys, causing self-destructive behavior similar to that caused by the separation of juvenile monkeys from their mothers.Nothing in the passage suggests that the presence of adult male monkeys is threatening to juvenile monkeys.
D: The presence of unrelated adult female monkeys serves as a suitable substitute for a juvenile monkey’s mother following a separation from the mother.The presence is not a substitute because self-destructive behavior is not completely absent but it is at its least when adult female monkeys are present.
F: Juvenile monkeys that display self-destructive behavior will engage in this behavior the least when reunited with their mothers, and will engage in this behavior slightly more when caged with adult female monkeys who are not their mothers. This option is too definitive. It says that the juvenile monkeys WILL display self-destructive behavior even after reuniting with their mothers.
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I guess between A and B,
A only talks about one reason why juvenile monkeys show less self-destructive behavior
But B is more relevant to the conclusion because it explains the "still observable" part of the conclusion, which generalizes the WHOLE arguments and says that: The presence of mixed gender group unrelated adult female monkeys is more important to juvenile monkeys in alleviating distress caused by being separated from their mothers than is the presence of unrelated juvenile monkeys. (less stress therefore least prevalent)
The trick is not to stop at one justification, but look at the conclusion as a whole
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I think this question is problematic.

To explain the hypothesis the explanation should be both inferable from the passage and must be true in certain condition.
But, in the passage, we can only infer that either mixed gender or age of monkey (at least) can affect monkey`s behavior.
We can not conclude which one(or both)really affect the behavior.

B seems not crystal clear answer for me
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