Bunuel wrote:
That mammals first came to Europe less than 15 million years ago, through what is now Egypt, into West Europe was an accepted tenet of paleontology. But paleontologists now theorize that mammals came to East Europe first, after migrating across modern-day Asia, and then spread westward, based on recent excavations of mammal remains in East Europe dating from 27 million years ago.
Which of the following, if it were discovered, would be pertinent evidence against the new theory?
A. Signs of mammal presence 14 million years ago were found in excavations near Germany.
B. Some evidence of mammal occupation in West Europe areas predates any such evidence in areas in East Europe.
C. The oldest known West Europe mammal habitat had a cooler climate than the 27-million-year-old East European site.
D. The mammal habitat in East Europe that was used 27 million years ago was used continuously until 6 million years ago.
E. World sea levels lowered dramatically during the first Ice Age, between 11 million and 15 million years ago.
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new theory: paleontologists now theorize that mammals came to East Europe first, after migrating across modern-day Asia, and then spread westward, based on recent excavations of mammal remains in East Europe dating from 27 million years ago.
if it were discovered, would be pertinent evidence against the new theory.
A. is out of scope, we don't have any information about Germany. even if the answer to that is yes or no.
B. was stuck between this and D but this uses "some" so I thought its a distortion
C why do we care if it was cooler or warmer?
D. This discovery can prove the evidence flawed and weaken it (hopefully)
E. I love ice age 2 but i don't think it has any relationship to this
I'm going with D,
Bunuel these Kaplan questions are getting me sweaty.