Earlier years of civilization was characterized with the gathering of stones and sticks to make fire. The later serves the function of a fuel while the former is like a matchstick. From the aforementioned, we would see that earlier civilization is a precursor to today's advancement. This enables them to carry out their daily activities with ease as fire was integral to man's survival.
As mentioned above, fire making wouldn't have been possible without these two basic tools and survival of the human race wouldn't have been preserved till date since food wouldn't be possible to make.
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The answer would be B. The reason why is because the local newspaper has to be checked multiple times for credible advice, stories, evidence, etc. before it is publicized. :) Hope I can help anyone else who needs this question answered!