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The author concludes that there’s not much evidence to support the belief that migratory birds have an innate homing sense that allows them to return to the same places each year. The author supports her conclusion by pointing out that the studies exploring whether birds have an innate homing sense don’t rule out other potential explanations for how the birds might navigate. Because these studies are inconclusive, there’s not much evidence for the belief.

The conclusion is the author’s assertion that there’s not much evidence to support the belief that migratory birds have an innate homing sense: “there is little evidence to support this belief.”

This goes too far. The author never asserted that birds don’t have an innate homing sense. Only that there’s not much evidence for it.

This is a paraphrase of the main conclusion that there’s not much evidence to support a belief in migratory birds’ innate homing sense.

This is support for the author’s conclusion. The author uses the fact that the studies are inconclusive to argue that there’s little evidence to support a belief in migratory birds’ innate homing sense.

The author never stated or implied this, so it can’t be the conclusion. The author uses the possibility of navigation by landmarks to explain how the studies are inconclusive, which in turn supports the conclusion.

This goes too far. The author never suggests that it’s false to think birds have an innate homing sense. She concludes only that there’s not much evidence for this belief.

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