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The remains of the Petralona skull, discovered in Greece twenty years ago, indicate that Petralona man had a large brain; the fossil is estimated as aged at 300,000 years old, olderthan any Neanderthal.

A. as aged at 300,000 years old, older
B. at 300,000 years old, older
C. to be aged at 300,000 years old, which is older
D. to be 300,000 years old and older also
E. to be 300,000 years old, which makes Petralona Man older
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Originally posted by JiddiHuMain on 03 Dec 2019, 22:30.
Last edited by Bunuel on 07 Dec 2019, 04:16, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: The remains of the Petralona skull, discovered in Greece twenty years [#permalink] New post   06 Dec 2019, 22:11
A. Doesn't have a conjunction. Needs a dash in the current writing
B. As above
C. 'aged at' is tautological
D. Don't know why this is wrong
E. Looks good. Sounds better to the ear than E
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Re: The remains of the Petralona skull, discovered in Greece twenty years [#permalink] New post   06 Dec 2019, 22:34
Experts...
Can which in option E jump the verb 'estimated' and point to fossils?

Please help.

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The remains of the Petralona skull, discovered in Greece twenty years [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 08 Dec 2019, 07:25
The fossil is estimated to be 300,000 years old, which makes Petralona Man older.

Here which seems to modify the complete preceding clause (bold part).

Isn't absurd?

Originally posted by gvij2017 on 08 Dec 2019, 06:43.
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Re: The remains of the Petralona skull, discovered in Greece twenty years [#permalink] New post   08 Dec 2019, 07:12
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gvij2017 wrote:
The fossil estimated to be 300,000 years old, which makes Petralona Man older.

Here which seems to modify the complete preceding clause (bold part).

Isn't absurd?

Agreed; not the best of constructs.
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Re: The remains of the Petralona skull, discovered in Greece twenty years [#permalink] New post   10 Mar 2020, 01:35
I chose E because "which" seems to refer back to the age of the fossil, 300 thousand years old, which is the object of the earlier phrase - from which the rest of the sentence infers that that Petralona man is older than Neanderthals.

All other choices seem to compare the age of the fossil with the Neanderthals.

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Re: The remains of the Petralona skull, discovered in Greece twenty years [#permalink] New post   18 Aug 2020, 14:18
Can any expert please help in explanining this one?
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Re: The remains of the Petralona skull, discovered in Greece twenty years [#permalink] New post   18 Oct 2020, 06:58
I would also be curious why which refers to a clause in this one. Please help GMATNinja
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Re: The remains of the Petralona skull, discovered in Greece twenty years [#permalink] New post   18 Oct 2020, 08:29
Pls, explain the reference of 'which' in E.
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The remains of the Petralona skull, discovered in Greece twenty years [#permalink] New post   18 Feb 2022, 20:09
JiddiHuMain wrote:
The remains of the Petralona skull, discovered in Greece twenty years ago, indicate that Petralona man had a large brain; the fossil is estimated as aged at 300,000 years old, olderthan any Neanderthal.

A. as aged at 300,000 years old, older
B. at 300,000 years old, older
C. to be aged at 300,000 years old, which is older
D. to be 300,000 years old and older also
E. to be 300,000 years old, which makes Petralona Man older


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