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A bone flute

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by hoji » Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:08 am
The spacing of the four holes on a fragment of a bone flute excavated at a Neanderthal campsite is just what is required to play the third through sixth notes of the diatonic scale-the seven-note musical scale used in much of Western music since the Renaissance. Musicologists therefore hypothesize that the diatonic musical scale was developed and used thousands of years before it was adopted by Western musicians.

Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the hypothesis?

A. Bone flutes were probably the only musical instrument made by Neanderthals.
B. No musical instrument that is known to have used a diatonic scale is of an earlier date than the flute found at the Neanderthal campsite.
C. The flute was made from a cave-bear bone and the campsite at which the flute fragment was excavated was in a cave that also contained skeletal remains of cave bears.
D. Flutes are the simplest wind instrument that can be constructed to allow playing a diatonic scale.
E. The cave-bear leg bone used to make the Neanderthal flute would have been long enough to make a flute capable of playing a complete diatonic scale

why is C wrong? Because it does not refer to Neanderthals.?

My reasoning: the four hole on a bone ->(leads us to conclude that)Musical instrument developed earlier.

Critical moments: four holes, bone,Neanderthals(because it refers to the earlier time)
that is why we should link Neanderthals with the bone instrument? that is when we strengthen the argument. is it right?
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by cans » Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:29 am
IMO E
premise: fragment of bone flute found.
conclusion: the diatonic musical scale was developed and used thousands of years before it was adopted by Western musicians

A) doesn't matter..
B) again irrelevant to the conclusion
C) we are not concerned about the material from which flute was made....
D) doesn't support conclusion
E) Question shifts from flute to diatonic scale. This statement fills the gap.
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by navami » Mon Sep 19, 2011 11:07 am
Option C .
C. The flute was made from a cave-bear bone and the campsite at which the flute fragment was excavated was in a cave that also contained skeletal remains of cave bears.
just introduces bear factor. it doesnot prove any conclusion part not provide any additional premises.

E precisely says that bone (being used in this particular case) can be sufficient to play diatonic scale. Hence better than rest of the options
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