Question

What is the author's purpose? “A piece of jawbone unearthed last year in a cave in Spain is the oldest known fossil of a human ancestor in Europe and suggests that people lived on the continent much earlier than previously believed, scientists say. The fossil was found in northern Spain along with stone tools and animal bones. --from USA Today, March 27, 2008
A. to explain
B. to describe
C. to persuade
D. to narrate

Answer 1

Explain right?

Answer 2

thats what i thought

Answer 3

ok cool