Paleontologists recently discovered teeth from several woolly mammoths on an isolated Arctic island where no mammoth fossils had previously been found. βββ βββββ ββββ ββ βββββββ βββββββ ββ βββββββ ββββ βββββ βββββββ βββββ ββββ ββββ ββββ βββββ ββββββββββ βββ ββββ βββ βββββββ βββββ βββββββ ββββββ ββββββββββ ββββββββ ββββ βββ βββββ βββ ββββββββββββββ ββ βββββ ββββββββββ ββββββββββββ ββββββ ββββββββ ββββ βββββ ββ βββ ββββββ ββββ βββββββ ββ βββββββ ββββ βββββ ββββ βββββ ββββββββββ
The author concludes that woolly mammoths that lived on the Arctic island were smaller on average than those that lived elsewhere. She supports this by noting that adult mammoth teeth found on the island were, on average, 25% smaller than those found elsewhere.
The author concludes that mammoths on the island were smaller based on the fact that their teeth were smaller. However, she never established any connection between the size of a mammothβs teeth and the overall size of a mammoth. To guarantee her conclusion, the author must assume mammothsβ tooth size is proportional to their overall size.
Which one of the following, ββ ββββββββ βββββ βββββ βββ ββββββββββ ββ ββ ββββββββ ββββββ
Neither tooth size βββ βββββββ ββββ ββββ ββ ββββββββββ βββββββ βββββ βββββ βββββββ ββ ββββ ββββββββ βββββββββ ββββββ βββββββββ
The tooth wear ββββ βββββββββ ββββββ ββ ββββ βββββββ ββββ βββ ββββββ ββ βββββ βββββ βββββ βββ βββ ββββββ ββ β βββββββββββ ββββββ ββ βββββ ββββ βββββ βββββ ββββββ ββββββββ ββ ββββ βββββ
Unusually small mammoth βββββ βββββ ββ βββββββββ βββββ ββββ βββ ββββββ ββββ ββββββ ββββ βββββ ββ ββββββββ ββββββββ ββββββ ββββ βββββ βββββββββ
Tooth size among βββββ ββββββ ββββββββ βββ ββββββ ββββββββ ββββββββββββ ββ βββ βββββββ ββββ ββ βββββ βββββββββ
Woolly mammoths of βββ ββββ ββββ βββββ ββ βββ ββββββ βββ βββ ββββ ββββββ βββ βββββββ ββ βββββ ββ ββββββββ ββββ βββββ βββββββββ ββββ