There is evidence to suggest that our cave–dwelling ancestors polished many of their flints to a degree far surpassin...
shafieiavaApril 16, 2019
Why is B incorrect?
If the caves in high the flints were found are u adorned by cave paintings, then this would weaken the conclusion that early humans had an aesthetic sense. It seems that D, the correct answer, is unrelated to the argument at hand...
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(B) says, "The caves in which the highly polished flints were found are unadorned by cave paintings."
The problem with (B) is that a dearth of cave paintings does not necessarily mean that cave dwellers didn't care at all about aesthetics. It's possible that the polished flints provided the cave dwellers with the amount of beauty they wanted. As a result, we can get rid of this choice.
(D) says, "Flints were often used by early humans for everyday chores other than hunting."
(D) tells us that the flints are used for things other than simply hunting. And it's possible that one of those chores could be the reason that the flints were polished, just as it's possible that they could've been polished for aesthetic purposes. (D) casts doubt on the conclusion of the argument by introducing an alternative explanation, so it weakens the argument and is the right answer.
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sammy6593May 16, 2020
it makes no sense to be honest
sammy6593May 16, 2020
it makes no sense to be honest
Brett-LindsayAugust 20, 2020
Another possibility for there being no cave paintings is that we don't know if the early humans actually resided in the caves where the flints were found. It could be that the humans were simply staying in those caves temporarily when something happened and they had to leave the flints there. Perhaps there were many cave paintings in other caves.
