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Which of the following most logically completes the reasoning?
When species are extensively hunted, individuals that reach reproductive maturity early make up a larger proportion of the population, because they have a better chance of reproducing.  When species face diminished food resources, on the other hand, individuals tend to take longer to reach reproductive maturity.  These considerations may help settle whether the primary cause of the gradual disappearance of North America's mastodons, prehistoric animals related to elephants, was diminished food resources or human hunting, since __________.
A. from the location of certain hunting weapons in juxtaposition with mastodon remains, it is possible to determine whether those weapons were used to hunt mastodons
B. the average age at which mastodons reached reproductive maturity can be established from mastodon tusks, of which there are many fossils dating from different periods
C. from the remains of mastodons already discovered, it can be accurately estimated when mastodons became extinct
D. from tusks and other bones, it is possible to determine whether male and female mastodons reached reproductive maturity at about the same age
E. it is possible to determine whether the earliest human dwellings constructed from mastodon tusks and bones come from an earlier period than the earliest hunting weapons unambiguously associated with mastodon remains

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B

捕猎多的时候，动物种群成熟期提前，以保证生育机会。食物稀少的时候，动物种群推迟成熟期。这个理论可以帮助确定美洲mastodons的灭绝原因，因为

答案自然应该是可以推断maston灭绝时的成熟年龄。 因为根据成熟年龄可以推断出当时mastodons是推迟或是提前了成熟期，从而推断究竟是捕猎还是食物稀缺导致灭绝。

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解释很棒！thx~