Explanation for Question 36 From the Reading Section on the 2017 May Sat
Question 36 is which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the 2 previous question. Now, what we determined in an earlier video, 3 that the correct answer to question 35 is going to be answered choice a 4 that according to the passage, seemingly contradictory findings about the spread of farming in 5 ancient Europe began to be reconciled. 6 One scientist analyzed the genetic makeup of prehistoric farmers. 7 So let's look at the lines of evidence given to us as answer choices 8 in question 36 and see which one best support that supports us. 9 So we're looking for the genetic makeup of prehistoric farmers and were looking for 10 the reconciliation of a contradiction. So we'll start with 11 answer choice a, it says yet other studies based on mitochondrial 12 DNA, which is inherited maternally have come to the opposite conclusion, 13 suggesting that farmers had local European ancestry. 14 So in this case, we do have something about the genetic makeup of 15 the prehistoric farmers. 16 However, this piece of evidence is actually outlining one of the sides 17 of the contradictory evidence here and not outlining what scientists do 18 to reconcile that, 19 right? So it says yet other studies, oops, 20 I wrote a line through it. So yeah, other studies have come to the 21 opposite conclusion. So again, 22 outlining one side of that contradiction. 23 So answer choice a would be incorrect. If we look at B, 24 it says in recent years, studies have begun to resolve these issue...