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Re: You may wonder how the expert on fossil remains is able to t [#permalink]
Flimsy and Specious>>>>

Inadequate looks rudimentary to me...
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The entire meaning of the sentence is this: tracing the whole stories for our ancestors from a single clue: the teeth, is not enough. It is inadequate, we should rely on more substantial clues.

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Got it now. Thanks for the clarity.
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What part in the sentence reflects the fact that it is inadequate? Or is it just the mind, or the clue is "you may wonder".

I don't understand the leap we are making towards the fact that this is inadequate

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I have explained just above sir in case you missed https://gre.myprepclub.com/forum/you-ma ... tml#p13511

However, this sentence is part of a passage where I assume the scenario is the following

You may wonder how the expert on fossil remains is able to trace descent through teeth, which seem _________ pegs upon which to hang whole ancestries.


You may wonder how it is possible that scholars are able to figure out the WHOLE story from a simple tooth - which apparently is a flimsy, weak, almost inconsistent clue we do have.

Well, you could be surprised by a new AI technology is able to do that when we use the right amount of data...and blah blah blah


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Thank you, I see your point clearly now.

You are right, however this could be subjective for some people taking the test. For instance, I was comparing it with carbon dating, which is an accurate (to give or take some years) measure of an age of a specie. So, coming up with an ancestry from a tooth would sound okay-ish to me.

But, I do understand and value your point of view though and it makes more sense.
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The test is not subjective but objective.

You may wonder how scientists come up with clues from a tiny , insignificant, feeble, flimsy detail to the whole story. way much bigger


if you think about how from a simple and incomplete portion of DNA, the investigators can find a killer, the sentence above makes sense.

I am happy my explanation was useful
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