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aligarman
· started 2022-06-15 22:56
· last activity 2022-06-18 19:15
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Would you be able to diagram this to show how you reached this answwer? I diagrammed it and it seems that A logically follows from my diagram
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Emil-Kunkin
· 2022-06-18 19:15
Hi Ali,
I'll take a shot at diagramming it- although this might look more like a restatement of the set of facts.
If opposable thumbs -> primate
Lemur =lower
If primate on Madagascar -> Lemur
If living lower and diurnal -> lemur
If higher -> evolved from diurnal lower
This is a lot of complex statements- most of them have more going on than a simple "if x then y."
Regarding (A), we know that the chimp evolved from a lower diurnal primate. However, we cannot say that that primate was a lemur. While we know that lemurs are the only living lower diurnal primates, it is possible that there were other ones in the past that were not lemurs.
We can prove B is correct since we know that lemurs are the only primates on Madagascar, so there cannot be any higher primates indigenous to Madagascar.
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