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Source ↓	Type / peer review	Publication	Published	Used by	Reviewed
Laetoli footprints ↗Authors not recorded Evidence notes and linked records Cited in the linked WAWL report. Publication details and peer-review status have not been fully recorded. https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/behavior/footprints/laetoli-footprint-trails Link status: Not Checked. A registered link is not a verification of every claim. Australopithecus afarensis · Species Report	ArchivePeer review: Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	1 record	Not recorded
Impact of meat and Lower Palaeolithic food processing techniques on chewing in humans ↗Zink & Lieberman Evidence notes and linked records Experimental work tests how meat and mechanical processing reduce chewing effort; it does not directly demonstrate one Homo erectus menu. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature16990 Link status: Not Checked. A registered link is not a verification of every claim. Homo erectus · Species	Primary ResearchPeer review: Yes	Nature	2016	1 record	2026-08-13
Hublin et al. · New fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco and the pan-African origin of Homo sapiens ↗Hublin et al. Evidence notes and linked records Cited in the linked WAWL report. Publication details and peer-review status have not been fully recorded. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature22336 Link status: Not Checked. A registered link is not a verification of every claim. Homo sapiens · Species Report paleolithic lifeways · Cultural World The 2010s: a more connected human story · Period Review	Primary ResearchPeer review: Yes	Not recorded	2017-06-07	3 records	2026-10-09
Huang et al. · Chronology and function of Tangbaletasi cave paintings via hyperspectral and iconographic analyses ↗Huang et al. Evidence notes and linked records Published paper. No direct scientific dating establishes these phases; the proposed Yuan association and ritual functions remain interpretations. https://doi.org/10.1038/s40494-026-02433-7 Link status: Not Checked. A registered link is not a verification of every claim. Imaging separates phases of Altai cave art · Discovery Imaging separates phases of Altai cave art · Research October 2026 so far · Period Review	Primary ResearchPeer review: Yes	npj Heritage Science	2026-10-09	3 records	2026-10-09
Homo erectus at Trinil on Java used shells for tool production and engraving ↗Joordens et al. Evidence notes and linked records Shell assemblage evidence for consumption, tool production and deliberate geometric engraving at Trinil. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13962 Link status: Not Checked. A registered link is not a verification of every claim. Homo erectus · Species	Primary ResearchPeer review: Yes	Nature	2015	1 record	2026-08-13
Hixon et al. · Past rapid spread of introduced livestock coincided with vegetation clearance on Madagascar ↗Hixon et al. Evidence notes and linked records Published paper. Association does not establish livestock as the sole extinction cause. Carbon changes can reflect C4 grasses or CAM succulents. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2026.0668 Link status: Not Checked. A registered link is not a verification of every claim. Livestock expansion coincided with Madagascar’s landscape change · Discovery Livestock expansion coincided with Madagascar’s landscape change · Research September 2026 in review · Period Review 2026: the year so far · Period Review	Primary ResearchPeer review: Yes	Proceedings of the Royal Society B	2026-09-23	4 records	2026-10-09
Herries et al. · Contemporaneity of Australopithecus, Paranthropus, and early Homo erectus in South Africa ↗Herries et al. Evidence notes and linked records Cited in the linked WAWL report. Publication details and peer-review status have not been fully recorded. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaw7293 Link status: Not Checked. A registered link is not a verification of every claim. The 2020s so far: closer to people and places · Period Review	Primary ResearchPeer review: Yes	Not recorded	2020-04-03	1 record	2026-10-09
Henshilwood et al. (2018) · Blombos drawing ↗Authors not recorded Evidence notes and linked records Material, age context and evidence for intentional drawing; the design's meaning remains unknown. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0514-3 Link status: Not Checked. A registered link is not a verification of every claim. paleolithic lifeways · Cultural World	ArchivePeer review: Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	1 record	Not recorded
Henry, Brooks & Piperno (2011) · Neanderthal plant foods ↗Authors not recorded Evidence notes and linked records Plant microfossils and cooking interpretation at Shanidar and Spy; not a universal dietary estimate. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1016868108 Link status: Not Checked. A registered link is not a verification of every claim. mousterian neanderthal networks · Cultural World	ArchivePeer review: Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	1 record	Not recorded
Green et al. · A Draft Sequence of the Neandertal Genome ↗Green et al. Evidence notes and linked records Foundational genome evidence for gene flow between Neanderthals and ancestors of living non-African populations. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1188021 Link status: Not Checked. A registered link is not a verification of every claim. Neanderthals · Species mousterian neanderthal networks · Cultural World The 2010s: a more connected human story · Period Review	Primary ResearchPeer review: Yes	Science	2010-05-07	3 records	2026-10-09
Foraging Theory and the Colonization of Unfamiliar Landscapes: Assessing Late Pleistocene Projectile Point Reduction Strategies ↗Tune and Miller Evidence notes and linked records Published paper. Tool reduction indirectly reflects resource decisions; it cannot reveal when individual people learned the landscape. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-026-09825-w Link status: Not Checked. A registered link is not a verification of every claim. Tool reduction tests how people learned new landscapes · Discovery Tool reduction tests how people learned new landscapes · Research	Primary ResearchPeer review: Yes	Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory	2026-08-27	2 records	2026-10-09
Footprints reveal direct evidence of group behavior and locomotion in Homo erectus ↗Hatala et al. Evidence notes and linked records Ileret footprint surfaces preserve human-like walking and repeated movement by multiple individuals. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep28766 Link status: Not Checked. A registered link is not a verification of every claim. Homo erectus · Species	Primary ResearchPeer review: Yes	Scientific Reports	2016	1 record	2026-08-13
Evidence for Neandertal Jewelry: Modified White-Tailed Eagle Claws at Krapina ↗Radovčić et al. Evidence notes and linked records Cut marks, polish and arrangement support deliberate modification; exact use is reconstructed. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119802 Link status: Not Checked. A registered link is not a verification of every claim. Neanderthals · Species	Primary ResearchPeer review: Yes	PLOS ONE	2015	1 record	2026-08-12
Evidence for funerary behaviour and lethal trauma in a new Neanderthal individual from Shanidar Cave ↗Pomeroy et al. Evidence notes and linked records Published paper. Attribution of the remains to one individual is provisional. A wooden weapon is inferred, not preserved. Accident versus interpersonal violence cannot be determined; care and symbolic meaning remain interpretations. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-69193-z Link status: Not Checked. A registered link is not a verification of every claim. Shanidar remains connect injury with treatment of the dead. · Discovery Shanidar remains connect injury with treatment of the dead. · Research Homo neanderthalensis · Species Report	Primary ResearchPeer review: Yes	Scientific Reports	2026-10-15	3 records	2026-10-21
eLife dating ↗Authors not recorded Evidence notes and linked records Cited in the linked WAWL report. Publication details and peer-review status have not been fully recorded. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.24231 Link status: Not Checked. A registered link is not a verification of every claim. Homo naledi · Species Report	ArchivePeer review: Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	1 record	Not recorded
Early Neanderthal constructions deep in Bruniquel Cave ↗Jaubert et al. Evidence notes and linked records Dated stalagmite structures demonstrate organized activity deep inside a cave. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature18291 Link status: Not Checked. A registered link is not a verification of every claim. Neanderthals · Species	Primary ResearchPeer review: Yes	Nature	2016	1 record	2026-08-12
Earliest modern human genomes constrain timing of Neanderthal admixture ↗Sümer et al. Evidence notes and linked records Constrains the major shared admixture episode and documents overlap near the end of Neanderthal existence. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08420-x Link status: Not Checked. A registered link is not a verification of every claim. Neanderthals · Species	Primary ResearchPeer review: Yes	Nature	2024	1 record	2026-08-12
Dietary strategies of Pleistocene Pongo sp. and Homo erectus on Java ↗Kubat et al. Evidence notes and linked records Time-resolved enamel chemistry indicates an omnivorous, seasonally flexible dietary strategy at Sangiran. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01947-0 Link status: Not Checked. A registered link is not a verification of every claim. Homo erectus · Species	Primary ResearchPeer review: Yes	Nature Ecology & Evolution	2023	1 record	2026-08-13
Deng et al. · Dietary shift from marine to agriculture in coastal Lower Yangtze Delta during Neolithic revealed by isotopic evidence from Jingtoushan ↗Deng et al. Evidence notes and linked records Accepted manuscript. Dog diets only indirectly inform human food use. C3 signals do not identify rice alone. https://doi.org/10.1038/s40494-026-02986-7 Link status: Not Checked. A registered link is not a verification of every claim. Coastal diets shifted as rice farming expanded · Discovery Coastal diets shifted as rice farming expanded · Research September 2026 in review · Period Review 2026: the year so far · Period Review	Primary ResearchPeer review: Yes	npj Heritage Science	2026-09-26	4 records	2026-10-09
Crafting power in Kush: faience production and state control in the Napatan region ↗Lemos et al. Evidence notes and linked records Published paper. Dating relies on ceramic context. State control and shell-based recipes are interpretations; one workshop cannot represent the whole Kushite economy. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10434 Link status: Not Checked. A registered link is not a verification of every claim. A temple workshop reveals Kushite faience production. · Discovery A temple workshop reveals Kushite faience production. · Research	Primary ResearchPeer review: Yes	Antiquity First View	2026-10-19	2 records	2026-10-21
Coffin tree-ring δ¹⁸O reveals prolonged drought contributing to the collapse of the Northern Song Dynasty ↗Mei et al. Evidence notes and linked records Published paper. The chronology relies on cross-dating with Japan plus radiocarbon constraints. Climatic and political associations do not establish drought as the cause of dynastic collapse. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44513-026-00006-4 Link status: Not Checked. A registered link is not a verification of every claim. Coffin timbers preserve a medieval Yangtze drought record. · Discovery Coffin timbers preserve a medieval Yangtze drought record. · Research	Primary ResearchPeer review: Yes	npj Palaeoecosystems	2026-10-12	2 records	2026-10-21
Chen et al. · A late Middle Pleistocene Denisovan mandible from the Tibetan Plateau ↗Chen et al. Evidence notes and linked records Protein-based attribution of the mandible and high-altitude occupation. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1139-x Link status: Not Checked. A registered link is not a verification of every claim. denisova and baishiya occupation traditions · Cultural World 2019: changing the map and timeline · Period Review The 2010s: a more connected human story · Period Review	Primary ResearchPeer review: Yes	Not recorded	2019-05-01	3 records	2026-10-09
Carter et al. · Prehistoric global migration of vanishing gut microbes with humans ↗Carter et al. Evidence notes and linked records Published paper. These are inferences from contemporary samples, not recovered prehistoric genomes. Health consequences of microbial loss remain uncertain. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-11106-1 Link status: Not Checked. A registered link is not a verification of every claim. Gut microbes carry traces of human migration · Research October 2026 so far · Period Review 2026: the year so far · Period Review	Primary ResearchPeer review: Yes	Nature	2026-10-07	3 records	2026-10-09
Bridging material culture networks and social networks in archaeology ↗Bischoff and Padilla-Iglesias Evidence notes and linked records Published paper. Results depend on model assumptions and are not empirical validation. Nearly regular networks and omitted avoidance behavior limit generalization. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0358860 Link status: Not Checked. A registered link is not a verification of every claim. Simulations test what shared artifacts reveal about social ties. · Research	Primary ResearchPeer review: Yes	PLOS ONE	2026-10-16	1 record	2026-10-21
Birch tar production does not prove Neanderthal behavioral complexity ↗Schmidt et al. Evidence notes and linked records Experimental work demonstrates why adhesive manufacture alone cannot settle broad cognitive claims. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1911137116 Link status: Not Checked. A registered link is not a verification of every claim. Neanderthals · Species	Primary ResearchPeer review: Yes	PNAS	2019	1 record	2026-08-12

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