Critical Reasoning (CR) | ­Professor: One expert on Norse culture argues that since yarn

D should be the correct answer.
The argument is lengthy but simple.
The conclusion is in the last line i.e radio carbon dating is actually correct and Dorset samples predate Norse samples.
We need to support it or in other words, find a strengthener to it.
Option A says that radio Carbon dating is more accurate than other dating methods. But do we have any idea about how accurate other dating methods are ? No..right?
Hence reject A.
B and C are completely irrelevant.
Option D accurately compares the results of the dating methods with other artifacts of "known" age.
"Known" is the vital word and hence D is our answer
E is rejected because we don't have any idea about the age of those indigenous animals. Animals are born and they die. How do we know how old they were when they died and their hair was used for spinning? Hence it does not help to determine the age of the Dorset samples since taking those animals as reference is not a good idea. We don't even know the
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