Analyses of cave paintings in the Lausanne region of Switzerland have revealed that the paintings contain depictions of numerous animals that are not found in that region of Switzerland but that are common on the Italian peninsula. It can therefore be concluded that the cave paintings were made by individuals who had traveled to Italy to see these animals.

Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?


A. The animals depicted were not native to Switzerland when the paintings were made before going locally extinct.

B. All of the Lausanne paintings contain representations of nonnative species.

C. The animals depicted in the paintings in Lausanne are not depicted in the cave paintings of other regions of Switzerland.

D. Tribes of humans that made the paintings engaged in seasonal migration from one region of Europe to another.

E. There is no region where animals typical of both Switzerland and Italy coexist.



OA A

Source: Veritas Prep