Critical Reasoning (CR) | It is known from cave paintings and other evidence that the hunting

It is known from cave paintings and other evidence that the hunting people occupying the Bax Cave area in Country X tens of thousands of years ago repeatedly set fire to the surrounding area. Archaeologists hypothesize that because the fires caused later plant growth on the land, the hunters set the fires in order to attract herbivorous prey species. Such actions, they claim, are evidence for the mental capacity to delay gratification for weeks, months, or even years.

Which of the following would it be most useful to determine in evaluating the archaeologists’ claim?

A. Whether the Bax Cave area is susceptible to fires caused by lightning strikes

B. Whether remains can be found of hunting tools from tens of thousands of years ago in or near the Bax Cave

C. Whether in the immediate aftermath of fires in the Bax Cave area, animals sought by hunters came to seek prey driven out of dens or other shelters

D. Whether people occupying the Bax Cave tens of thousands of years ago consumed
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