As discussed in the first paragraph of the passage Sanders' analogy between the deep sea and the Amazon basin involve...
jcj2433December 23, 2021
Trouble with Assumptions
While I got the question right, how is the answer an assumption when the link between climate stability and high rate of speciation is stated several times in paragraph 1?
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Hi @jcj2433, nice job on getting to the answer despite confusion about the assumption part! I think that the author never firmly establishes the link between stability and speciation in the Amazon basin, only in the deep sea. The assumption in its most general form is that what is true of the deep sea is true of the Amazon, which is not firmly established in paragraph one.
Emil-KunkinJanuary 15, 2022
Hi @jcj2433, nice job on getting to the answer despite confusion about the assumption part! I think that the author never firmly establishes the link between stability and speciation in the Amazon basin, only in the deep sea. The assumption in its most general form is that what is true of the deep sea is true of the Amazon, which is not firmly established in paragraph one.
Emil-KunkinJanuary 15, 2022
Hi @jcj2433, nice job on getting to the answer despite confusion about the assumption part! I think that the author never firmly establishes the link between stability and speciation in the Amazon basin, only in the deep sea. The assumption in its most general form is that what is true of the deep sea is true of the Amazon, which is not firmly established in paragraph one.
Emil-KunkinJanuary 15, 2022
Hi @jcj2433, nice job on getting to the answer despite confusion about the assumption part! I think that the author never firmly establishes the link between stability and speciation in the Amazon basin, only in the deep sea. The assumption in its most general form is that what is true of the deep sea is true of the Amazon, which is not firmly established in paragraph one.
