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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

• The Clovis First hypothesis proposes that ancient humans known as Clovis were the first to populate North America.
• The Clovis arrived around 13,000 years ago.
• Stone tools found at the Chiquihuite Cave site in Mexico date to approximately 26,000 years ago.
• These items support the idea that humans were present in North America before the Clovis population arrived.
• More than a dozen North American sites containing pre-Clovis items have been identified.

The student wants to make and support a claim about humans’ arrival in North America. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

A

It has been claimed that the Clovis, arriving around 13,000 years ago, were the first human inhabitants of North America.

B

The stone tools found at the Chiquihuite Cave site should not be overlooked: they have important implications for the Clovis First hypothesis.

C

While the Clovis First hypothesis proposes that humans first arrived in North America around 13,000 years ago, humans had likely arrived before that time.

D

Arriving about 13,000 years ago, the Clovis were likely not the first humans in North America; items from more than a dozen sites suggest that humans had arrived before that time.