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Para-jumble (the ascent of man vs. biology): Reorder the sentences to argue that humans reshape environments through culture rather than biology. S1 = "Biological evolution has not fitted man to any specific environment." S6 = "That brilliant sequence of cultural peaks can most appropriately be termed the ascent of man." Between S1 and S6, organize the reasoning clearly: P = "It is by no means a biological evolution, but it is a cultural one." Q = "His imagination, his reason, his emotional subtlety and toughness, make it possible for him not to accept the environment but to change it." R = "And that series of inventions by which man, age after age, has reshaped his environment is a different kind of evolution." S = "Among the multitude of animals which scamper, burrow, or swim around us, he is the only one who is not locked into his environment." Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.

Difficulty: Medium

QPRS
SRQP
QRSP
SQRP

Correct Answer: QRSP

Explanation:

Given data

S1 asserts biology has not fixed man to a niche.
Q explains the capacities that let man change environments.
R names the cumulative series of inventions as a different evolution.
P classifies that evolution as cultural (not biological).
S generalizes man's uniqueness among animals, supporting S1.

Concept / Approach
Use capability → consequence → classification → comparative support. Q (capacities) enables R (inventions), which P labels as cultural evolution, and S reinforces the contrast with other animals before S6 coins the phrase 'ascent of man'.

Step-by-step
S1 + Q → explain human faculties.… + R → show the inventive reshaping.… + P → define it as cultural evolution.… + S → contrast with other animals, dovetailing into S6.

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