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Whereas Joan Lockard’s 1984 study of captive gorillas reported more right-handedness than left-handedness, Jane Goodall’s 1963 study of wild chimpanzees did not. According to a meta-analysis of studies of nonhuman primates, captive populations are more likely to be described as right-handed than wild populations are. Statistical analysis indicates a handedness study would need a minimum of 176 individuals to show a representative result; however, the study by Lockard included a total population of 8, and the study by Goodall included a total population of 8. This suggests that _______
Which choice most logically completes the text?
the study by Lockard reliably represents handedness in captive primates but not in wild primates.
A
Goodall likely underestimated the prevalence of right-handedness among the wild chimpanzees in the study.
B
neither the study by Lockard nor the study by Goodall provides sufficient evidence to make a meaningful comparison about handedness in primates.
C
the study by Lockard reliably represents handedness in captive primates, but the study by Goodall likely does not reliably represent handedness in wild primates.
D