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One theory about the people who lived on Easter Island is that their population was significantly reduced by wars between factions. However, that theory must be incorrect. Used for support for that theory has been the presence of the many sharpened stones found on the island. However, analysis of the characteristics of those sharpened stones has shown that they would have been rather ineffective as weapons or parts of weapons and that it is likely that they were used as tools.
The reasoning of the argument is most vulnerable to criticism that the argument
A. proceeds as if the lack of evidence that factions of the people on Easter Island warred among themselves proves that they did not.
B. explains why the sharpened stones were unlikely to have been used as weapons but does not explain how they would have functioned as tools.
C. does not take into account the variety of shapes and sizes of the sharpened stones found on the island.
D. assumes without warrant that the people on Easter Island did not use tools as weapons of war.
E. fails to provide an alternate explanation for how the population on Easter Island decreased.
The reasoning of the argument is most vulnerable to criticism that the argument
A. proceeds as if the lack of evidence that factions of the people on Easter Island warred among themselves proves that they did not.
B. explains why the sharpened stones were unlikely to have been used as weapons but does not explain how they would have functioned as tools.
C. does not take into account the variety of shapes and sizes of the sharpened stones found on the island.
D. assumes without warrant that the people on Easter Island did not use tools as weapons of war.
E. fails to provide an alternate explanation for how the population on Easter Island decreased.
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ChandlerBong wrote:
What is the source of these questions that you are posting?
Conclusion: That theory must be incorrect
Based on the premise that sharpened stones were not weapons. That is, no proof has been found that they were at war with each other.
A. proceeds as if the lack of evidence that factions of the people on Easter Island warred among themselves proves that they did not.
Hence (A) works.
