HOW TO USE WAWL · 03
Challenge the story
To challenge an explanation, check where observation ends and inference begins. Look for claims that sound more certain than their sources allow, while giving the evidence a fair hearing.EVIDENCE-BASED EXAMPLE
The ‘march of progress’: why a clean ladder fails
⚖Challenge the story
FOLLOW THE REASONING
Claim, evidence, limit.
Test the shape
Multiple hominin species overlapped in time; one did not simply replace the next.
Test the boundary
Neanderthal and Denisovan ancestry in living people contradicts sealed species boxes.
Test the direction
Traits such as brain size, teeth and locomotion changed in mosaics, not one synchronized ascent.
WORKING RULE