on this passage.
st: A certain strikingly colorful species of parrot is
depicted in a 1,300-year-old Mayan mural
painting on a palace wall in Mexico. There is
widespread agreement that the depiction is so
accurate that it could have been produced only
by someone thoroughly familiar with such birds.
Thus, although today this species is found only
in regions far to the south, some naturalists have
cited this painting as proof that the parrot's
habitat must once have extended as far north as
Mexico. The naturalists' evidence, however, falls
far short of establishing their position, since
1,300 years ago the Mayans of Mexico and the
inhabitants of several South American regions
engaged in regular trade, and such spectacular
birds would almost certainly have been desirable
objects of trade.
In the anthropologist's reasoning, the two highlighted portions play
which of the following roles?
The first is a judgment advanced in support of a position taken by
the anthropologist; the second is information that has been used
as counterevidence against that position.
The first is a position for which the anthropologist seeks to
provide additional support; the second presents some of that
additional support.
The first is an objection that has been raised against a position
taken by the anthropologist; the second presents evidence on
which that objection is based.
The first is a position that the anthropologist criticizes; the second
provides evidence in support of that criticism.
The first presents information that the anthropologist criticizes as
evidence for a certain position; the second presents information
that the anthropologist accepts as evidence for that position.