Refer to the Figure

question 47

Multiple Choice

Refer to the figure.
The figure shows the temperature (in °C, relative to modern temperature) and the concentrations of carbon dioxide (in ppm) and methane (in ppb) over the past 400,000 years.
-According to various lines of evidence, our species emerged about 160,000 years ago. At that time, temperatures were about _______°C cooler than they are now, and the carbon dioxide level was about _______ ppm.

• A) 4; 200
• B) 4; 300
• C) 8; 200
• D) 8; 300

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