Correct. The answer is c. The author argues in this section that the first settlers in the Western Hemisphere were Asian migrants who walked across the Beringian land bridge in pursuit of large game. Only after the extinction of the big game they depended upon did the Paleo-Indians gradually abandon their uniform Clovis culture and, by adapting to their specific local conditions, create the astounding variety of Native American cultures that existed when Europeans arrived in 1492.
Incorrect. The answer is c. The author argues in this section that the first settlers in the Western Hemisphere were Asian migrants who walked across the Beringian land bridge in pursuit of large game. Only after the extinction of the big game they depended upon did the Paleo-Indians gradually abandon their uniform Clovis culture and, by adapting to their specific local conditions, create the astounding variety of Native American cultures that existed when Europeans arrived in 1492.