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ID: DSAT-RW-EI-016
Section: Digital SAT Reading & Writing (RW) - Broadly Writing - Expression of Ideas
Topic: Rhetorical Synthesis
Difficulty level: Hard

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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

In 2020, archaeologists excavated charred bread fragments at Shubayqa, an ancient site in northeastern Jordan.
Laboratory testing dated the fragments to about 14,000 years ago—well before the rise of agriculture.
Microscopic analysis identified wild cereals and tubers in the bread.
The findings indicate that Natufian hunter-gatherers were baking bread thousands of years before they began farming.

The student wants to present the Shubayqa study and its conclusions. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

AA 2020 excavation in Shubayqa, Jordan, uncovered charred bread made from wild cereals and tubers, providing new context for dietary habits in Mesolithic communities, but not necessarily proof of domestication.

BIn 2020, researchers analyzing 14,000-year-old bread fragments from Shubayqa, Jordan, concluded that hunter-gatherers baked bread long before farming began.

CBread remains discovered in Jordan suggest that early farmers harvested wild cereals and tubers around 14,000 years ago, offering surprising insights into Neolithic agricultural timelines despite lack of direct evidence for cultivation practices.

DCharred food found in 2020 at Shubayqa, Jordan, was determined to be 14,000 years old, but its ingredients are still unknown, leading some to speculate about fermentation methods used by early communities in this region.

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