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On question 14, I'm having trouble understanding why A is the correct answer for evaluating Olsen's hypothesis. Olsen's hypothesis is that the Botai people domesticated and rode horses. If we had information from A, the ratio of butchered bones to untouched bones doesn't address whether the horses were domesticated and ridden. Domesticating and riding horses doesn't preclude them from also being a food source. The Botai could have butchered all riding horses at the end of their lives, rather than wasting the available meat. We have long since domesticated horses, and they are still often sent off to used for other purposes (glue) towards the end of their lives. I thought D was a much more compelling answer because if the morality patterns of other animals at this particular site matched the patterns of the herders mentioned at the beginning of paragraph two, then that would suggest that horses were different in some way. If all the other mature animal remains found at the site where mostly male, and slightly outnumbered the females, that would greatly weaken a major premise of the argument.

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Ah wondering the same thing!!! I am VERY nervous for the fifth section. I've been PTing with 4 sections... I know I should be doing 5, but its nearly impossible to find ~4 hours as it is while working full time.

If anyone sends you tips, I would love to hear them as well!