Question

A team of scientists is conducting research to determine if two hominid species coexisted. Why it is important for the team to have their work reviewed by other scientists?
a. It decreases the likelihood that their results will be questioned.
b. It generates funding that they can use to do more research.
c. It helps communicate the scientists’ ideas to the public.
d. It increases the reliability of the scientists’ findings.

Answer 1

 It increases the reliability of the scientists’ findings, so that is why it is important for the team to have their work reviewed by other scientists.

Answer 2

The correct answer is - d. It increases the reliability of the scientists' findings.

Once something new is discovered by some scientists, or think that it is a new discovery, the right and most accurate way to determine its validity is to let other scientists to review the findings.

In this way, if approved by the other scientists, and seen as reliable, the work can be posted in an official scientific magazine. By being published in a scientific magazine, the findings will be seen as a reliable source of information, as multiple scientists agreed on the validity of the findings and the theory.