Instrument

[jainnikhil02]

The spacing of the four holes on a fragment of a bone fl ute 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 fl utes 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 fl ute found
at the Neanderthal campsite.
(C) The fl ute was made from a cave-bear bone and the campsite at which the fl ute 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 fl ute would have been long enough to make a fl ute
capable of playing a complete diatonic scale.

[vikram4689]

IMO E,

We want to strengthen that instrument was able to produce all the 7 notes of diatonic scale and E does that.

[dinaroneo]

IMO: B

E is a strong contender, but IMO 'Would have been' weakens it!!
Whats the OA?

[Ozlemg]

I am with vikram. IMO E

It clearly shows that thousands of years ago the insturment was developed and there were enough sources to produce it (like a long bear bone)
(A) Bone fl utes were probably the only musical instrument made by Neanderthals. -->out of scope(B) No musical instrument that is known to have used a diatonic scale is of an earlier date than the fl ute found at the Neanderthal campsite. -->does not strengthen the argument beacause the issue is with the neanderthal time period neither after nor before it....
C) The fl ute was made from a cave-bear bone and the campsite at which the fl ute fragment was excavated
was in a cave that also contained skeletal remains of cave bears. -->does strengthen but not more than E does
D) Flutes are the simplest wind instrument that can be constructed to allow playing a diatonic scale. totally out of scope.
(E) The cave-bear leg bone used to make the Neanderthal fl ute would have been long enough to make a fl ute capable of playing a complete diatonic scale.-->YEP...