In the following question, two columns are given containing three phrases each. In the first column, phrases are A, B, and C, and in the second column, the phrases are D, E and F. A phrase from the first column may or may not connect with a phrase from the second column to make a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. There are five options, four of which display the sequence(s) in which the phrases can be joined to form a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. If, none of the options given forms a correct sentence after combination, select ‘None of these’ as your answer.
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(A) Prior to the nineteenth century, both human and animal populations were |
(D) in conflating animal and human behaviour. |
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(B) Early biologists tried to explain the transition to smaller |
(E) limited by the finite resources (such as food) to which they had access. |
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(C) Critics of this theory argue that there are limitations |
(F) families by drawing comparisons to the animal world. |