harvard anthropologist

[ranjeet75]

A Harvard anthropologist has proposed that [u]using fire to cook food could be dated back to almost
two million years and that it could explain hominid features like having[/u] a large brain and small
teeth.
A. using fire to cook food could be dated back to almost two million years and that it could explain
hominid features like having
B. the use of fire to cook food could date back almost two million years and could explain such
hominid features as
C. cooking food with fire could date back to almost two million years, explaining hominid features
like
D. fire used to cook food could date back almost two million years, explaining hominid features
such as having
E. fire used for cooking food could be dated back to almost two million years and explain hominid
features like

Please explain each answer choice why it is wrong.

OA is B

[mathbyvemuri]

"hominid features like a large face etc.." is wrong and it should be "hominid features like having a large face etc.." => this eliminates options B,C and E
option D misinterprets that the "fire" itself is dated back instead of "using fire".
IMO "A"

[spartacus1412]

I would go with A

option B: the use of fire to cook food could date back almost two million years and could explain such
hominid features as
This construction seems wrong.
it should have been written as "hominid features such as"

Explain if I am wrong