Widespread domestication of animals did not occur in East Asia until

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Widespread domestication of animals did not occur in East Asia until after agriculture had replaced hunting and gathering as the predominant way of life. New archeological premise indicates that animals such as goats and sheep were domesticated in the Middle East and Southwest Asia thousands of years earlier than previously thought. Therefore, there is sufficient premise to conclude that agriculture replaced hunting and gathering earlier than previously thought in these regions.

The author employs which of the following methods to make his argument?

The author employs which of the following methods to make his argument?

A. reconciling several seemingly contradictory pieces of premise with a single hypothesis
B. forming a reinterpretation of premise once used to support one theory in order to support another
C. drawing a conclusion about an unknown phenomenon by making a comparison to a known phenomenon
D. speculating about how animal domestication processes in East Asia may have been influenced by those in Southwest Asia and the Middle East
E. pointing out some key differences between the civilizations of the Middle East and Southwest Asia and those of East Asia.

Raxit85 · Answer

The author cites a known fact—that domestication of animals did not occur in East Asia until after the rise of agriculture as an overall way of life—and then applies it to a different, unknown situation (that of ancient Southwest Asia and the Middle East) in order to draw a new conclusion. Hence, Choice C is correct.

minustark · Answer

The blue colored line is describing a known fact: agriculture replaced hunting >>widespread domestication of animals. The green colored one is the newly found fact but the reason of it is not known. The reason of the new fact has been drawn by comparing it with the blue colored info which is already known.

repellatquas · Answer

Why is B incorrect?
I understand why C makes more sense but I was still unable to eliminate B. Is it because of reinterpretation of premise?

AbhishekP220108 · Answer

repellatquas  yes, you are correct because reinterpretation refers to using same data but in argument other evidence is used to form conclusion. Also there is only one theory no presence of any competing theory is presented as stated in Option B.

guddo · Answer

Widespread domestication of animals did not occur in East Asia until after agriculture had replaced hunting and gathering as the predominant way of life. New archeological premise indicates that animals such as goats and sheep were domesticated in the Middle East and Southwest Asia thousands of years earlier than previously thought. Therefore, there is sufficient premise to conclude that agriculture replaced hunting and gathering earlier than previously thought in these regions.

The author employs which of the following methods to make his argument?

The author employs which of the following methods to make his argument?

The author takes a pattern from East Asia, domestication came only after agriculture replaced hunting and gathering, and uses earlier domestication evidence from the Middle East and Southwest Asia to infer that agriculture must have replaced hunting and gathering earlier there too.

(A) reconciling several seemingly contradictory pieces of premise with a single hypothesis

No. The author does not resolve contradictions. The author just uses one relationship from East Asia plus new dating evidence elsewhere.

(B) forming a reinterpretation of premise once used to support one theory in order to support another

No. Nothing here says the evidence was previously used to support a different theory and is now being repurposed.

(C) drawing a conclusion about an unknown phenomenon by making a comparison to a known phenomenon

Yes. The author relies on a  comparison  across regions, if domestication follows agriculture in East Asia, then earlier domestication elsewhere suggests agriculture happened earlier there. This is the core move,  inferring timing in one place from a pattern observed in another .

(D) speculating about how animal domestication processes in East Asia may have been influenced by those in Southwest Asia and the Middle East

No. There is no claim about influence between regions.

(E) pointing out some key differences between the civilizations of the Middle East and Southwest Asia and those of East Asia

No. The author does not argue from differences, the author argues from an assumed similarity in sequence.

Answer: (C)

Widespread domestication of animals did not occur in East Asia until

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