Which of the following best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence? Incorrect answer choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information. (The discovery of both small and large animals in the creek bed suggests that the cause of the extinction of these giant animals was a massive shift in climate).
A.
Whenever there are large temperature fluctuations small and large animals die in equal numbers.
B.
Animal remains found in a creek bed seem to show that there was a climate shift after the extinction of large and small animals
C.
The reason for the disappearance of large animals, as evidence from a riverbed shows, can be tied to changing climate.
D.
Researchers have found evidence of a drastic climate change by studying large and small animal remains.