Which of the following will be the fourth sentence after rearrangement ........

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Read the following sentences. The second and fifth sentences are fixed and are numbered 2 and 5 respectively. The remaining are labeled P, Q, R,S and T. Rearrange these five sentences to form a meaningful paragraph and choose the proper sequence from the given options.

P. Research demonstrates that the fossil is over one million years old, eclipsing the previous record of hippo in the UK by at least 300,000 years and filling an important gap in the British fossil record.

2. In a new study published in the Journal of Quaternary Science and co-authored with researchers from Royal Holloway, University of London, the tooth is identified as belonging to an extinct species of hippo called Hippopotamus antiquus, which ranged across Europe in warm periods during the Ice Age.

Q. Excavations at Westbury Cave in Somerset, led by University of Leicester PhD student Neil Adams, uncovered a million-year-old hippo tooth which shows the animal roamed Britain much earlier than previously thought.

R. Professor Danielle Schreve, co-author of the study, said that Hippos are not only fabulous animals to find but they also reveal evidence about past climates.

5. Scientists know remarkably little about the fauna, flora and environments in Britain between about 1.8 and 0.8 million years ago, a key period when early humans were beginning to occupy Europe.

S. It was much larger than the modern African hippo, weighing around 3 tonnes, and was even more reliant on aquatic habitats than its living relative.

T. But new research at Westbury Cave is helping to fill in this gap and it shows that during this interval there were periods warm and wet enough to allow hippos to migrate all the way from the Mediterranean to southern England.

Which of the following will be the fourth sentence after rearrangement?

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Explanation:

Correct Option 2: P

• As we read all the sentences, it becomes evident that the paragraph is about the latest excavation that lead to the unearthing of the fossil(tooth) of an extinct species of hippo. • The second sentence says that the tooth is identified as belonging to an extinct species of hippo called Hippopotamus antiquus, which ranged across Europe in warm periods during the Ice Age. • We can infer that the first sentence should introduce the topic by mentioning the details about the discovery of the fossil. As sentence Q talks about the excavations led by Neil Adams and also mentions the hippo tooth, it is the correct introduction that coherently connects with the second sentence. So, sentence Q is the first sentence.
• Following the second sentence that ends with the mention of the habitat of the extinct species of hippo, we can conclude that sentence S is the third sentence. This sentence compares the extinct species of hippo with the modern African hippo. The pronoun 'it' in sentence S indicates that it is talking about the hippo mentioned in the previous sentence. The third sentence gives information about the extinct species of hippo and its habitat. This may be followed by information regarding the tooth discovered or the revelations by research/study on the fossil that was unearthed. As sentence P talks about the age of the fossil and its implication on the British fossil record, it is most appropriate in the context. Thus, it is
the fourth sentence.
The fifth sentence, which is fixed, mentions that scientists lack knowledge during the period of 1.8 to 0.8 million years ago. It is plausible that the sixth sentence has some relevance in this context. As sentence T says that the new research fills in the gap( mentioned in the fifth sentence) and throws light on the climate that helped the hippo migration, it is
the sixth sentence. It highlights the important implication of the new research in furnishing. information in the interval of 1.8 to 0.8 million years ago.
Sentence R mentions the opinion of the co-author of the study, which emphasizes that the hippos reveal information about the past climates. We can infer that this refers to the warm and wet periods in the interval that helped the hippos to migrate from the Mediterranean to southern England(the sixth sentence). Thus, sentence R is coherent in the context and is the seventh (last) sentence.
• The correct sequence of the sentences is Q-2-S-P-5-T-R.