SC A one million-year-old skull

[Chelsey Cooley]

I'm not sure I understand your argument - could you give some more detail? There are a number of clear grammatical reasons not to pick A, so you shouldn't have to go to nuances of meaning while doing the problem. But we can talk about them here if you're more specific

[anveshr735]

I'm not sure I understand your argument - could you give some more detail? There are a number of clear grammatical reasons not to pick A, so you shouldn't have to go to nuances of meaning while doing the problem. But we can talk about them here if you're more specific

A one million-year-old skull bearing traits associated both with Homo erectus and, in addition, Homo sapiens has been found in the Afar region of Eritrea, and indicates that modern humans developed much earlier than previously thought.

I thought the sentence meant, A one million year old skull has been found in Afar and 1M old skull indicates that modern humans developed much earlier.
Had the sentence be framed:
A one million-year-old skull bearing traits associated both with Homo erectus and Homo sapiens has been found in the Afar region of Eritrea and indicates that modern humans developed much earlier than previously thought.
OR
A one million-year-old skull bearing traits associated both with Homo erectus and, in addition, Homo sapiens has been found in the Afar region of Eritrea, and it indicates that modern humans developed much earlier than previously thought.

Do they match my line of thinking?

Regards
Anvesh

[RonPurewal]

Had the sentence be framed:

i don't know what this ^^ means.

[RonPurewal]

regardless, the use of 'and' to connect these ideas is nonsense, for reasons explained here:
https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/foru ... ml#p115627

[RonPurewal]

on the other hand, 'comma + __ing' (as used in the correct answer) is precisely appropriate:
https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/foru ... ml#p118480

[anveshr735]

regardless, the use of 'and' to connect these ideas is nonsense, for reasons explained here:
https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/foru ... ml#p115627

Thank you..it was helpful:)

[RonPurewal]

you're welcome.