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Archaeologists have observed similarities in the tools, such as bidirectional blades, uncovered at the

Neolithic-period Mesopotamian settlement of Çayönü Tepesi and those uncovered at roughly

contemporaneous settlements elsewhere in Southwest Asia, including those in the South Levant, Central

Anatolia, and Central Zagros. Although similarities in tools could be attributed to imitative behavior or

trade, Nefize Ezgi Altınışık et al. found evidence of genetic affinity among the populations of Çayönü

Tepesi, Central Anatolia, the South Levant, and—to a lesser extent—Central Zagros.

Information in the text best supports which statement about the finding made by Altınışık et al.?

• A.

  It suggests that in the Neolithic period, people in the South Levant and Central Anatolia imitated tool

• B.

  It helps explain why contemporaneous Neolithic peoples in Southwest Asia had similar tools but

• C.

  It raises the possibility that similarities in the design of tools found at Neolithic settlements in

• D.

  It implies that people and tools likely arrived in Çayönü Tepesi from settlements in Central Anatolia