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ID: LSAT-LR-031
Section: Logical Reasoning
Topic: Strengthen
Difficulty level: Hard

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Palaeobotanist: The seeds found in the storage pit were cultivated rather than gathered from the wild. They are half again the size of wild seeds of the same species recovered from deposits of the same period, and it is cultivation, through repeated selection of the largest heads, that makes seeds of this species larger. The pit held four litres of them, cleaned and free of chaff.

Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?

AThe wild seeds used for the comparison came from the same valley as the pit and from deposits laid down on the same soils, and were measured by the same method.

BSeeds of this species swell slightly during long storage in a dry pit, and do not shrink back once they are lifted and cleaned.

CThe species is still grown on the terraces above the valley today, and is harvested at the same season of the year as charred remains show it was in the prehistoric period.

DThe pit also contained bones of animals that had been herded rather than wild ones, and stood inside a settlement that was occupied all the year round and held other storage pits of the same build.

EThe pit was lined with clay to keep out damp, which is how four litres of seed survived cleaned and free of chaff.

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