Why do islands with considerable degree of isolation provide valuable insights into human history?
Explanation:
The answer is supported by the paragraph beginning “The student of human history can draw on many more natural experiments than just comparisons among the five inhabited continents. Comparisons can also utilize large islands that have developed complex societies in a considerable degree of isolation ... as well as societies on hundreds of smaller islands and regional societies within each of the continents.” Options 1 and 3 say the same thing. Option 1 is eliminated because the ‘difference’ mentioned in option 1 is explained in option3. Hence, option (c) scores over option 1. Option 4 is eliminated because ‘the good comparison to large islands’ is inconsequential to the student of history. The student is more interested in knowing how endowments and size affect societies- as a natural experiment. Option 5 is eliminated because the paragraph says nothing about arousing ‘curiosity about how humans evolved’ as stated in the option. Hence, the correct answer is option 3.
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