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Read this sentence again.

In studying bones of the smaller toes of fossilized skeletons, scientists observed that the thickness of these bones decreased somewhere between 40,000 and 26,000 years ago.

How does the sentence develop the author’s claim in the passage?
A. It explains why people used reeds and papyrus to make their shoes.
B. It shows how the scientists made their conclusions about when people began wearing shoes.
C. It shows how the scientists made their conclusions about what materials were used to make shoes.
D. It explains why the thickness of bones decreased in fossilized skeletons.

Answer 1

Answer:

answer on Edmentum: it shows how the scientists make their conclusions about when people began wearing shoes

Explanation:

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Answer 2

The sentence develops the author’s claim in the passage because:

• B. It shows how the scientists made their conclusions about when people began wearing shoes.

According to the given article,we can see that there is a study undertaken by scientists about the bones of fossilized skeletons and how their thickness decreased.

As a result of this, we can see that the given sentence best develops the author's claim in the passage by showing that the scientists made their conclusion based on when people began to wear shoes.

Therefore, the correct answer is option B

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