Swifterbant pottery, as with the La Hoguette people, features pointed bases, although the lack of a spatial coincidence between these two pottery traditions makes direct influence difficult to establish.

In 1790, Edmund Burke published Reflections on the Revolution in France, criticizing in a pamphlet that the French people have abstract and impractical impulses concerning the revolution.

The DNA of two 7,700-year-old women found in a Russian cave have been shown to be closely related to the DNA of some modern, indigenous East Asian populations and therefore are a sign that farming in this region developed gradually, rather than through an influx of foreigners.

Twentieth-century farmers might not have conceived of neonic insecticides to be ruinous to helpful and vital insects, but recent research has demonstrated that widespread and continuous use of them can be disastrous for untargeted insect populations.

Based on the data gathered over the past several months, the average number of luxury-model cars in the lots of car dealers was lower than what the standard models’ average did for this interval, but their sales and profit margin remain higher than the typical car.

Originally from India, when the small Asian mongoose was brought to the islands of Maui, Moloka’i, and O’ahu in an attempt to manage the rats in sugarcane fields in the late nineteenth century it proved especially disastrous for the islands’ native species, likely because of being an opportunistic predator, preying on a variety of small mammals, reptiles, birds, insects, fruits, and plants.

An investigation primarily funded by the Wellcome Trust suggests that adults were significantly more likely to experience subsequent physical and psychological traumas as a result of concussions taking place when a younger person.

Shrewd business executives in a variety of fields are beginning to recognize that, as a result of companies’ overwhelmingly digital presences, consumers interact first and foremost with a company’s content, and in applying the conscious and subconscious conclusions they glean from these interactions, can determine the value of that same company’s other products.

Advocates of organic food believe they will be able to foster consumer communities that can avoid the negative side effects of pesticides, eat healthier, and coexist with the environment as the societies of old did—communities that will be able to build a strong local economy, maintaining a close connection with the soil, or other goals such as these.

Archaeologists, architects, and civil engineers trying to repair the 2,500-year-old architectural wonder known as the Parthenon are still struggling to understand several aspects of its genius: the flawless proportions and balance, the remarkable precision that should have been impossible to achieve without modern tools, and its rapid construction in less than ten years.

The branches of fruit trees often either create too dense a canopy, which limits other branches’ access of air and sunlight, and cross one another, causing damage to both where they rub together.

Since implementing wiser technology management and a range of active learning projects, like challenging groups of students to research and discuss potential solutions to a relevant problem, the new high school has not only garnered a significant amount of interest from students in other schools but also spurred them to include these methods in their own classroom policies.

The author of the passage discusses Evans primarily to provide an example of a writer who

According to the passage, feminist scholars have recently cited Durkhart’s view of ancient Roman women primarily for which of the following reasons?

The passage implies that if the LIGO did not include two interferometers, then

The primary purpose of the passage is to

It can be inferred from the passage that before their detection by LIGO, the existence of gravitational waves

Proposed new health regulations for Partridge County public schools would require that students not be allowed to purchase soft drinks on school grounds. In consequence, the schools would have to remove approximately 25 of the 34 soft drink machines from the 6 schools in the district. The schools’ budgets depend in part on the revenue generated by the placement of these machines, most of which are located in areas students can access. Therefore, the proposed health regulations, if enacted, will reduce the revenue available for the schools’ budgets.

The argument relies on which of the following assumptions?

Last spring, a chili pepper garden was opened on a campground in an area with a significant raccoon population. Since raccoons are attracted to the remnants of human food, campgrounds would usually attract raccoons, yet no raccoon encounters were reported by campers. Capsaicin, a chemical present in most chili peppers, is used in sprays engineered to repel raccoons, so it is reasonable to think that the capsaicin in the chili pepper garden kept the raccoons at bay.

Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?

Which of the following most logically completes the passage?

Lumber companies produce about the same amount of wood every year and charge a premium for their product when construction is in its peak season, but they have to charge less during periods when the construction industry is experiencing a lull. Thus, in periods when little new construction is happening, companies keep a portion of their product in factory warehouses, hoping to sell for a better price at a later point. The rate of construction this year was the highest in a decade. Nevertheless, it is possible that a part of the most recent production run will be warehoused, because _______.