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Published
Homo erectus chronology
Replaced the approximately 1.89-million-year starting range with about 2.0 million years across the report, timeline, culture view and evidence dossier; added Drimolen and Ngandong dating sources.Why it changed
The adult DNH 127 attribution strengthens earlier Drimolen evidence in a roughly 2.04–1.95-million-year context. This refines known presence, not the species’ geographic origin or exact global lifetime.
Published
Research dates and discovery ranking
Added dated primary papers and separate institutional-news dates. New discoveries have no impact score; the existing ten ranked findings are retained.Why it changed
A later announcement or journal issue must not masquerade as a new paper, and recency is not scientific importance.
Published
Species reconstructions
Added an explicit clothing-evidence state to every represented lineage and removed any implication that garments are known where evidence is absent.Why it changed
Visual reconstructions must not turn plausible behavior into archaeological fact.
Published
Reconstruction labels
Changed sex controls to Male-presenting and Female-presenting and stated that each image is interpretive rather than a known individual.Why it changed
Fossils rarely preserve enough evidence to assign the depicted appearance to a particular individual.
Published
Middle Pleistocene ancestry
Superseded the single-species Homo heidelbergensis ancestor model with a population-level Middle Pleistocene Homo framework.Why it changed
Recent African fossil evidence and regional variation do not support one uniform canonical ancestor.
Published
Neanderthal disappearance
Downgraded genetic deterioration as a universal extinction explanation.Why it changed
Population histories were regional and connected; no single mechanism currently explains every disappearance.
Published
Public MVP
Removed role previews, member navigation, saved boards and personalized research tooling from the launch surface.Why it changed
The MVP is a public evidence archive. Personalized research tools move to Phase 2.
Published
Civilizations
Reframed civilization as networks, continuity and contact rather than a developmental rank.Why it changed
State collapse does not imply the disappearance of peoples, cultures or descendants.
Editor and corrections
WAWL is edited by A.R. Schneider. To suggest a correction, email wearewhatsleftproject@gmail.com. Include the page link, what you think needs changing and any supporting sources.
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A correction record is required when a change affects dates, relationships, confidence, attribution, terminology, ethical framing, evidence status or the meaning of a reconstruction.
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