Question ID:PT46 S2 Q24 Passage:It is now clear that the ancient Egyptians were the first society to produce alcoholic beverages. It had been thought that the ancient Babylonians were the first; they had mastered the process of fermentation for making wine as early as 1500 B.C. However, archaeologists have discovered an Egyptian cup dating from 2000 B.C. whose sides depict what appears to be an Egyptian brewery, and whose chemical residue reveals that it contained a form of alcoholic beer. Stem:The reasoning above is most vulnerable to criticism on which one of the following grounds? Correct Answer Choice:DChoice A:It makes a generalization about Egyptian society based on a sample so small that it is likely to be unrepresentative. Choice B:It uses the term "alcoholic beverage" in a different sense in the premises than in the conclusion. Choice C:It presumes, without providing justification, that because one society developed a technology before another, the development in the latter was dependent on the development in the former. Choice D:It ignores the possibility that the first known instance of a kind is not the first instance of that kind. Choice E:It provides no evidence for the claim that the Babylonians produced wine as early as 1500 B.C.