Passage Discussion

[JenniferK632]

Would you be able to provide a passage map of this passage? I struggled w/ Q 13 and didn't grasp paragraph 1's purpose well.

[Laura Damone]

Hi! Sorry for the delay here. We had a technical issue that caused a TON of posts to get buried (no pun intended).

The purpose of P1 is to introduce the argument that is evinced in the later paragraphs. I'd map it like so:

P1 - Intro argument - Botai earliest horse riders
P2 - Evidence - more grown males doesn't reflect horse hunting
P3 - Evidence - whole carcasses + buried with humans

This structure is reflected in the correct answer to Q13: A hypothesis is outlined (Botai were the earliest riders), and then a line of reasoning in support of the hypothesis is developed (the evidence from P's 2 & 3 ).

Hope this helps!