While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
<ul> <li>In 2020, archaeologists in Indonesia found cave paintings of warty pigs.</li> <li>The paintings have been dated to at least 45,500 years old.</li> <li>This makes them the oldest known representational art.</li> <li>Previously, the oldest known representational paintings were European, around 35,000 years old.</li> <li>Ages were determined by uranium-series dating of overlying mineral deposits.</li> </ul> The student wants to introduce a counterintuitive finding for an audience that assumes the oldest representational art is European. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?Which choice most effectively makes the student's point?
- A
Archaeologists in Indonesia recently found cave paintings of warty pigs.
- B
The age of the paintings was determined by uranium-series dating of overlying mineral deposits.
- Ccheck_circle
Although the oldest representational paintings were once thought to be European at around 35,000 years old, a 45,500-year-old warty pig painting in Indonesia now holds the record.
- D
Cave paintings of warty pigs have been dated to at least 45,500 years old.
Explanation
A counterintuitive finding for an audience expecting European primacy must invoke that prior assumption. Choice C contrasts the older European record with the newer Indonesian record. The others lack the prior-assumption frame.