Question

review the details below.

• thousands of years ago, chinese medical practitioners began using leaves from gingko biloba trees to improve blood flow to the heart and lungs.
• the greek physician hippocrates recognized that chewing on willow bark would reduce pain.
• the cacao seed is the source of chocolate, but for centuries it has also prevented hypertension in the kuna people, descendants of the maya.

choose the best topic sentence to introduce a paragraph containing these details.
unlike ancient civilizations, modern society doesnt have to rely solely on plant - based medicines.
ancient civilizations used available plants to treat a variety of illnesses and conditions.
plants can be equally as effective as modern medicine in treating a variety of ills.

Explanation:

The details provided are about ancient Chinese using ginkgo biloba leaves, Greek Hippocrates using willow bark, and Kuna people (descendants of Maya) using cacao seed for medical purposes. The first option compares modern and ancient societies, which the details don't focus on. The third option compares plants to modern medicine, but the details are about ancient use of plants, not a comparison with modern medicine. The second option, "Ancient civilizations used available plants to treat a variety of illnesses and conditions," accurately introduces the details as they all show ancient civilizations using plants for medical treatment.

Answer:

B. Ancient civilizations used available plants to treat a variety of illnesses and conditions.