In an Example of How Microscopic Evidence in Studying the Past

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Multiple Choice

In an example of how microscopic evidence in studying the past can yield surprising results that may overturn long-held assumptions,Williamson's analysis of microscopic residues stuck to the edges of cutting tools found at a cave site in South Africa revealed that

• A) 50 percent of the residues were from plants, contradicting the prevailing assumption that such tools were used mainly to hunt and butcher animals.
• B) all of the residues were from butchered animals, but most of the butchering had been performed by women and not by men.
• C) 30 percent of the residues were from plants, suggesting a slow transition from vegetarian to carnivorous diets.
• D) 50 percent of the residues were from domesticated plants, pushing back the date of plant domestication from 10,000 to 40,000 years ago.
• E) 30 percent of the residues were from human flesh, suggesting cannibalism.

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