Question

A student wants to include the following quotation: "Normally, tusklessness would occur only in about 2 to 4 percent of female African elephants."
The quote was found in an article titled "Under Poaching Pressure, Elephants Are Evolving to Lose Their Tusks" written by Dina Fine Maron and published by National Geographic. Which of the following would not be an appropriate way to include this quotation in an essay?
Question 4 options:


The article "Under Poaching Pressure, Elephants Are Evolving to Lose Their Tusks" states, "Normally tusklessness would occur only in about 2 to 4 percent of female African elephants."


Writer Dina Fine Maron says, "Normally tusklessness would occur only in about 2 to 4 percent of female African elephants."


"Normally tusklessness would occur only in about 2 to 4 percent of female African elephants."


"Normally tusklessness would occur only in about 2 to 4 percent of female African elephants," researchers from National Geographic have found.

Answer 1

The third choice, because it does not state where the idea came from