Archaeologist: Researchers excavating a burial site in Cyprus found a feline skeleton lying near a human skeleton. Both skeletons were in the same sediment at the same depth and equally well-preserved, suggesting that the feline and human were buried together about 9,500 years ago. This shows that felines were domesticated around the time farming began, when they would have been useful in protecting stores of grain from mice.

Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the archaeologist's argument?


Archaeologists have not found any remains of stores of grain in the immediate vicinity of the burial site.

The burial site in Cyprus is substantially older than any other known burial site in which a feline skeleton and a human skeleton appear to have been buried together.

Paintings found near the burial site seem to show people keeping felines as domestic companions, but do not show felines hunting mice.

In Cyprus, there are many burial sites dating from around 9,500 years ago in which the remains of wild animals appear to have been buried alongside human remains.

Before felines were domesticated, early farmers had no effective way to protect stores of grain from mice.

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情景：调查者在Cyprus的遗迹中的一个人的骷髅旁边发现了一个猫科动物的骷髅。两个骷髅应该是9500年前一起埋的。这表明，猫科动物在务农时期就被养了。

推理：由于前提给出了一个现象，结论给出了这个现象的一种解释，所以本题是果因推理。
顺序的因果逻辑：因为猫科动物在务农时期就被养了，所以在Cyprus的遗迹中的一个人的骷髅旁边发现了一个猫科动物的骷髅
（果）前提：在Cyprus的遗迹中的一个人的骷髅旁边发现了一个猫科动物的骷髅
（因）结论：猫科动物在务农时期就被养了

选题方式：果因推理有两个评估方向，简而言之，即，要么给“在Cyprus的遗迹中的一个人的骷髅旁边发现了一个猫科动物的骷髅”另一个原因，要么给出因果联系问题。

选项分析：

A选项：考古学家在遗迹的周围没有发现任何的谷物残留。本选项充其量可以反驳结论，但是和推理文段中的因果无关。

B选项：Cyprus的遗迹比任何一个发现人和猫的骷髅在一起的遗迹都要古老。本选项和推理文段的因果没有联系。

C选项：在遗迹周边发现的画看起来表现了人们确实养猫，但是没有表现出猫吃老鼠。本选项承认了结论，但是没有提及原因。

D选项：Correct. 在Cyprus的遗迹中，有很多在9500年前左右的遗址中发现人类周围躺着很多野生动物。本选项同时提及了因和果，即，即使骷髅放在一起，也有可能是野生动物，而不是养的东西。属于CQ2：因果联系问题。

E选项：在猫被养以前，农民们没有有效的方式来防止谷物被老鼠吃。本选项和推理文段的因果没有联系。

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