December 2003 LSAT Section 4 Question 7

Two different dates have been offered as the approximate end point of the last ice age in North America. The first d...

LSATMaxUser on May 11, 2021

Why is (C) incorrect/ issues with (E)

Hello - can you explain why (C) is incorrect? My issue with (E) is that the warmth-adapted beetles could have colonized "sooner" than the spruce forests, but "faster" than spruce forests did not seem supported by the passage. Meaning, they could have colonized at the same speed rate, just sooner.

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AndrewArabie on November 11, 2022

This is exactly my problem with E as well. Can someone help explain this?

Emil-Kunkin on November 12, 2022

Hi, I think sooner and faster mean essentially the same thing. Given that the same climactic conditions impact every species, the ones that colonize faster will be established sooner.

C is wrong because we have no support for it.