June 2018 LSAT Section 1 Question 25

Which one of the following, if true, would provide the most support for the authors' claim in the sentence immediatel...

Nativeguy on May 25, 2023

Confused about answer

In the errors or reasoning section, we learn about a flaw that talks about faulty comparisons I know this is not LR but from my understanding, the same way we strengthen questions in LR can be applied to RC. This answer just kind of reminds me of the flawed comparison, please help me understand. (Various European and Middle Eastern sites that go back more than 250,000 years contain extensive evidence of hominid use of fire and apparent "earth ovens.") But what if making fire was much harder than domesticating humans to milk? What if making fire required much more resources that were not available at that time as compared to milk? This question just kind of hits me as being presumptuous Please help me understand

Create a free account to read and take part in forum discussions.

Already have an account? log in

Emil-Kunkin on May 26, 2023

Hi, the Lr comparison is actually apt here, since strengthen and weaken questions in RC are nearly identical to their LR cousins. Here we are looking to strengthen the idea that humans could have actually adapted to cooked food, which we know has existed for about 2500,000 years.

That said, I don't think I understand your question. We aren't comparing the two things. Nor are we comparing how long it took for humans to learn the behaviors of making fire or acquiring milk. We are talking about the time span at which humans could biologically evolve to process new forms of food. If we can prove that humans were able to evolve within 6000 years, that shows that humans can indeed evolve in timeframes faster than 250,000 years.