Question

in 2007, a team led by alice storey analyzed a chicken bone found in el aranal, chile, dating it to 1321 - 1407 ce - over a century before european invaded the region, bringing their own chickens. storey also found that the el aranal chicken shared a unique genetic mutation with the ancient chicken breeds of the polynesian islands in the pacific. thus, polynesian peoples, not later europeans, probably first introduced chickens to south america.
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an australian research team weakened the case for a polynesian origin for the el aranal chicken by confirming that the mutation identified by storey has occurred in breeds from around the world. more recently, though, a team led by aguato lunnriaga - neira found that south american origin chicken breeds and polynesian breeds share other genetic markers that european breeds lack. thus, the preponderance of evidence now favors a polynesian origin.
based on the texts, how would the author of text 2 most likely respond to the underlined claim in text 1?
choose 1 answer:
by broadly agreeing with the claim but objecting that the timeline it presupposes conflicts with the findings of the genetic analysis conducted by storeys team
by faulting the claim for implying that domestic animals couldnt have been transferred from south america to the polynesian islands as well
by criticizing the claim for being based on an assumption that before the european invasion of south america, the chickens of europe were genetically uniform
by noting that while the claim is persuasive, the findings of lunnriaga - neiras team provide a stronger evidence for it than the

Explanation:

Text 1 claims Polynesians introduced chickens to South America. Text 2 first weakens (by showing mutation is in breeds worldwide) then strengthens (South American and Polynesian breeds share unique markers) the Polynesian - origin claim. The author of Text 2 would note Text 1's claim is persuasive (as in Text 1's logic) but Luninaga - Neira's team provides stronger evidence (unique shared markers).

Answer:

D. By noting that while the claim is persuasive, the findings of Luninaga - Neira's team provide a stronger evidence for it than the