Evolutionary psychology holds that the human mind is

[crejoc]

Evolutionary psychology holds that the human mind is not a "blank slate," but instead that it comprises specialized mental mechanisms that were developed as a way of solving specific problems human ancestors faced millions of years ago.
(A) the human mind is not a "blank slate," but instead that it comprises specialized mental mechanisms that were developed as a way of solving
(B) the human mind is not a "blank slate" but instead comprises specialized mental mechanisms that were developed to solve
(C) the human mind, instead of a "blank slate," it comprises specialized mental mechanisms that have been developed to solve
(D) rather than it being a "blank slate," the human mind comprises specialized mental mechanisms that have been developed as a way of solving
(E) rather than the human mind's being a "blank slate," that it comprises specialized mental mechanisms that were developed as a way of solving
OA is B.

i thought "but instead" is redundant and eliminated option A and B. Please help me to arrive at the correct answer. Thanks in advance

[jnelson0612]

crejoc, check out this thread: 73-evolutionary-psychology-holds-that-the-human-mind-t10682.html

[crejoc]

I am sorry to have posted a new thread for a question which has already been discussed . I did use the search option , unfortunately i did not get any search result ( may be something somewhere went wrong ). Anyway thanks a lot for the link Nelson. :)

[RonPurewal]

I am sorry to have posted a new thread for a question which has already been discussed . I did use the search option , unfortunately i did not get any search result ( may be something somewhere went wrong ). Anyway thanks a lot for the link Nelson. :)

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