A group of paintings made approximately 15,000 years ago in a cave in the Loire River valley in what is now France depicts a number of different animals. One of the animals depicted seems to resemble the chiru, a rare antelope of the Himalayas.
    Which of the following, if true, best supports the hypoth-esis that in painting the animal that resembles a chiru the cave artist painted a chiru with which she or he was familiar?
    (A) There are numerous representations of imaginary animals in cave paintings of similar age.
    (B) Fossilized remains of a chiru, approximately 16,000 years old, have been found at the northern end of the valley.
    (C) The cave that contains the depiction of an animal that resembles a chiru contains stylized representations of plant life.
    (D) Older caves from the same region contain no representations of animals that resemble a chiru.
    (E) The antlers of the animal in the painting are longer than those of the mature Himalayan chiru.
    答案：B