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Santa Clara island is home to a large population of wild horses, but horses are not native to the island. It is known that Spanish settlers colonized Santa Clara island and lived there continuously from 1650 to 1740, and the bones of horses were recently found in an excavation site that can be dated to the early 1700s. Therefore it is likely that the Spanish settlers were the ones who introduced horses to Santa Clara island.
The answer to which of the following questions would be most useful in evaluating the validity of the conclusion drawn above?
A. Did the Spanish settlers introduce horses to any other islands near Santa Clara?
B. Have any excavations found evidence of human settlers who lived on Santa Clara prior to 1650?
C. Were any other nonnative species introduced to Santa Clara island by the Spanish settlers?
D. Have any human settlements remained on Santa Clara island since 1740?
E. Does Santa Clara island contain any horse bones that can be dated to before 1650?
The answer to which of the following questions would be most useful in evaluating the validity of the conclusion drawn above?
A. Did the Spanish settlers introduce horses to any other islands near Santa Clara?
B. Have any excavations found evidence of human settlers who lived on Santa Clara prior to 1650?
C. Were any other nonnative species introduced to Santa Clara island by the Spanish settlers?
D. Have any human settlements remained on Santa Clara island since 1740?
E. Does Santa Clara island contain any horse bones that can be dated to before 1650?
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The most useful question for evaluating the validity of the conclusion drawn above would be:
E. Does Santa Clara island contain any horse bones that can be dated to before 1650?
This question is important because if horse bones are found on the island that predate the arrival of Spanish settlers in 1650, it would suggest that horses were already present on the island before the settlers arrived. This would cast doubt on the conclusion that the Spanish settlers were the ones who introduced horses to Santa Clara island.
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The conclusion is that Spanish settlers introduced horses to Santa Clara.
Here's how we can decide the correct answer by evaluating each question:
A. Did the Spanish settlers introduce horses to any other islands near Santa Clara?
If Spanish settlers introduced horses to any other islands near Santa Clara, it does not necessarily mean that they introduced horses to Santa Clara as well. The answer to this may help the argument but not strongly support the conclusion.
B. Have any excavations found evidence of human settlers who lived on Santa Clara prior to 1650?
The answer to this question will provide information on previous inhabitants but this will not assist in concluding whether previous human settlers introduced horses.
C. Were any other nonnative species introduced to Santa Clara island by the Spanish settlers?
Again, if Spanish settlers introduced nonnative species, it doesn't necessarily help definitively conclude that they may have introduced horses to the island. This may be a possibility only.
D. Have any human settlements remained on Santa Clara island since 1740?
The answer to this is not relevant as the horse bones date from early 1700s during which period the Spanish settlers inhabited the island.
E. Does Santa Clara island contain any horse bones that can be dated to before 1650?
The answer to this question will conclusively explore the possibility of any other group having introduced horses to the island as only if bones are found from a date prior to the period when Spanish settlers arrived on Santa Clara, we can conclude that somebody before the arrival of Spanish settlers introduced horses to the island.
Hence, E should be the correct answer choice.
Here's how we can decide the correct answer by evaluating each question:
A. Did the Spanish settlers introduce horses to any other islands near Santa Clara?
If Spanish settlers introduced horses to any other islands near Santa Clara, it does not necessarily mean that they introduced horses to Santa Clara as well. The answer to this may help the argument but not strongly support the conclusion.
B. Have any excavations found evidence of human settlers who lived on Santa Clara prior to 1650?
The answer to this question will provide information on previous inhabitants but this will not assist in concluding whether previous human settlers introduced horses.
C. Were any other nonnative species introduced to Santa Clara island by the Spanish settlers?
Again, if Spanish settlers introduced nonnative species, it doesn't necessarily help definitively conclude that they may have introduced horses to the island. This may be a possibility only.
D. Have any human settlements remained on Santa Clara island since 1740?
The answer to this is not relevant as the horse bones date from early 1700s during which period the Spanish settlers inhabited the island.
E. Does Santa Clara island contain any horse bones that can be dated to before 1650?
The answer to this question will conclusively explore the possibility of any other group having introduced horses to the island as only if bones are found from a date prior to the period when Spanish settlers arrived on Santa Clara, we can conclude that somebody before the arrival of Spanish settlers introduced horses to the island.
Hence, E should be the correct answer choice.
