Salvator Lizard in Sunderbans burrows its home in the ground away from

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Salvator Lizard in Sunderbans burrows its home in the ground away from the tiger predators. As different local populations of Salvator Lizards of the same species dig homes of different styles, zoologists have concluded that the lizards' building styles are a culturally acquired, rather than a genetically transmitted, trait.

Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the conclusion drawn by the zoologists?

A. Young Salvator Lizards are incapable of digging burrows and need years of instruction from their immediate elders before becoming accomplished in the local style.

B. There are more common characteristics than there are differences among the Salvator Lizard's homing styles.

C. Burrows of one species of Salvator Lizard lack the characteristics of the homes of most other species of Salvator Lizards.

D. Salvator Lizards are found only in Bangladesh and Bengal, where local populations seldom have contact with one another.

E. Howls of some Salvator lizards are learned rather than transmitted genetically.

TaN1213 · Answer

A
Had it been a genetic trait, the young lizards wouldn't have required years of training from the members of its culture(elders). But we are told that they do need such training, So it posits that the trait is not genetically acquired.

Adi93 · Answer

+1 for A.It shows that that the styles are culturally acquired and hence strengthens the Argument.

hrusher · Answer

IMO A
but still i don't have solid ground to eliminate option C, can anybody explain

RonTargetTestPrep · Answer

This problem is basically just a plagiarized version of  this official problem . It's copied so closely that entire clauses are reproduced word-for-word from GMAC's original problem.

Accordingly, there's not much value to be had here. You're better off sticking with the original GMAC problem.

carbonex8010 · Answer

Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the conclusion drawn by the zoologists?

A.  Correct  Young Salvator Lizards are incapable of digging burrows and need years of instruction from their immediate elders before becoming accomplished in the local style.; First of all consider this to be true. Secondly, Lizards need years of instruction which signifies that they don't have this skill borrowed genetically.

YashKhaskalam · Answer

I want to know the reason to eliminate C Option as it also greatly strengthens the argument

DmitryFarberMPrep · Answer

YashKhaskalam I'll echo my colleague Ron's recommendation that you study the original question, not this poorly written copy. https://gmatclub.com/forum/male-bowerbi ... 92594.html

However, the logic is the same. C doesn't strengthen the argument, because it doesn't tell us why one species behaves differently from the others. If anything, this weakens the argument, suggesting that a genetic difference may account for the variation. After all, if a different species does things differently, that may well be about the genetic differences between the species. There is nothing about this variation to suggest that the difference between one species of lizard and all the rest is a result of learning or culture.

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