D!
Charcoal from a hearth site in Colorado, 2,000 miles south of Alaska, is known to be 11,200 years old. Researchers reasoned that, since glaciers prevented human migration south from the Alaska-Siberia land bridge between 18,000 and 11,000 years ago, humans must have come to the Americas more than 18,000 years ago.
Which of the following pieces of new evidence would cast doubt on the conclusion drawn above?
D. Using new radiocarbon dating techniques, it was proved that an ice-free corridor allowed passage south from the Alaska-Siberia land bridge at least 11,400 years ago.
文中说的是因为 the Alaska-Siberia land bridge 不通,所以must在18,000以前来。 D选项说的是an ice-free corridor 在11,400之前存在,所以人类可能从这个廊过来,至于具体是什么时间,不确定,可以是18,000之前,可能是16,000,也可能是11,500,反正是在11,400之前。但是为什么还是削弱了结论? 因为结论用了一个must!!! 有了这个廊,人类就不用must了。
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