Must be FalseDiff: Hard
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: Scientists argue about whether Neanderthals were a different species from us. The author thinks they were the same species because they used the exact same tools, even though they lived in different places.
Conclusion: Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons were likely members of the same species.
Reasoning: They used identical tools despite living in different environments, which implies they shared identical behavioral responses to daily challenges.
Analysis: We are looking for something that cannot be true based on the provided rules. The stimulus establishes a strict conditional: if they used similar tools in different environments, they must have faced the same challenges and met them in the same way. Therefore, any statement claiming they used the same tools but faced different challenges or responded differently would directly contradict the passage. Focus on finding an answer choice that violates this 'same tools implies same challenges' rule.
Conclusion: Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons were likely members of the same species.
Reasoning: They used identical tools despite living in different environments, which implies they shared identical behavioral responses to daily challenges.
Analysis: We are looking for something that cannot be true based on the provided rules. The stimulus establishes a strict conditional: if they used similar tools in different environments, they must have faced the same challenges and met them in the same way. Therefore, any statement claiming they used the same tools but faced different challenges or responded differently would directly contradict the passage. Focus on finding an answer choice that violates this 'same tools implies same challenges' rule.
Passage Stimulus
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Unlock Full Passage22.If the statements above are true, then each of the following could be true EXCEPT:
Correct Answer
B
If each environment’s daily challenges are unique to that environment, then groups in different environments cannot face the same daily challenges. But the argument depends on (and infers) that they did face the same daily challenges (to explain identical tools). So B contradicts the passage and cannot be true.
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