Biologists generally agree that birds and dinosaurs
are somehow related to one another. The agreement
ends there. Hypotheses regarding dinosaurian and
avian evolution are unusually diverse—and often at
odds with one another. Confusion consequently
reigns over a broad spectrum of unanswered
questions dealing with avian origins and the biology
of dinosaurs and early birds. This confusion has been
exacerbated by a paucity of serious attempts to
synthesize and evaluate available data on the details
of avian and dinosaurian evolution. Too often, the job
of summarizing current knowledge of these subjects
has fallen to well-meaning but naïve lay authors or
reporters. Consequently, both the public and the
scientific community have often been misled by
widespread dissemination of sensational but weakly
founded hypotheses.The passage suggests that which of the following could help remedy the problem described in the final sentence (lines 14-17)?An article written by a biologist for the general public summarizing current theories about avian and dinosaurian evolution,
A close examination of available data on avian and dinosaurian evolution,
A new hypothesis regarding the connection between avian and dinosaurian evolution
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