How is historical evidence useful to a historian? a. it prevents a historian from relying on historiography. b. it allows a historian to think chronologically. c. it can a historian avoid detecting bias in a source. d. it can support a historian's conclusions.

D. It can support a historian's conclusions.

Explanation:

History provides the only rational means of investigating the past. This statement is based in part on the concept of evidence development in the history (and handling techniques) of evidence. There has been a great deal of discussion about historical evidence and its importance for the study of history in recent years. What is important to the subject at hand is that if the use of evidence is what somehow makes a rational investigation of the past possible, using evidence to support a historian's conclusions.