Archaeological evidence has established that Homo sapiens, or modern humans, appeared around 300,000 years ago. Ancient hominins of the genus Homo, or early humans, first appeared around 2.3 million years ago and are believed to have been nomadic hunter-gatherers, unlike Homo sapiens who are believed to have been the first humans to settle and cultivate land. Recently, a team of archaeologists led by Larry Barham discovered two logs with notches cut by stone tools dated to be about 476,000 years old. Given that the notches in these logs indicate early building, Barham’s team believes the logs could suggest that ------ Which choice most logically completes the text?Homo sapiens may have existed well before previous archeological evidence suggests.eliminateancient hominins were unable to engineer buildings and lived nomadic lives.eliminateancient hominins may have settled land and engineered buildings well before the appearance of Homo sapiens.eliminateancient hominins and Homo sapiens lived in nomadic hunter-gatherer communities together.
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Archaeological evidence has established that Homo sapiens, or modern humans, appeared around 300,000 years ago. Ancient hominins of the genus Homo, or early humans, first appeared around 2.3 million years ago and are believed to have been nomadic hunter-gatherers, unlike Homo sapiens who are believed to have been the first humans to settle and cultivate land. Recently, a team of archaeologists led by Larry Barham discovered two logs with notches cut by stone tools dated to be about 476,000 years old. Given that the notches in these logs indicate early building, Barham’s team believes the logs could suggest that ------ Which choice most logically completes the text?Homo sapiens may have existed well before previous archeological evidence suggests.eliminateancient hominins were unable to engineer buildings and lived nomadic lives.eliminateancient hominins may have settled land and engineered buildings well before the appearance of Homo sapiens.eliminateancient hominins and Homo sapiens lived in nomadic hunter-gatherer communities together.
Solution
The most logical completion of the text would be: "ancient hominins may have settled land and engineered buildings well before the appearance of Homo sapiens." This is because the logs with notches, which suggest early building, were dated to be about 476,000 years old, which is significantly before the appearance of Homo sapiens around 300,000 years ago. Therefore, it could be inferred that it was the ancient hominins who were responsible for this early building, suggesting they may have settled and engineered buildings earlier than previously thought.
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