Archaeology: Uncovering Human History

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1. 12 July 2026 · corrected by Emir Baycan

   2 corrections applied: Homo antecessor tooth is ~800,000 years old (not 1.9 million) and the Welker et al. paper was published in 2020 (matches reference list) | Canuto et al. was published in Science (2018) and mapped ~61,000 structures, not 417 cities in Nature Human Behaviour 2022; matches the article's own reference list

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   (1) "A 2019 Nature paper by Welker and colleagues recovered protein sequences from an approximately 1.9 million year old Homo antecessor tooth..." (2) "A 2022 LiDAR study published in Nature Human Behaviour by Marcello Canuto and colleagues mapped 417 cities..."

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   (1) "A 2020 Nature paper by Welker and colleagues recovered protein sequences from an approximately 800,000 year old Homo antecessor tooth from Atapuerca, Spain..." (2) "A 2018 LiDAR study published in Science by Marcello Canuto and colleagues mapped over 61,000 structures connected by a network of roads in the Maya Lowlands of northern Guatemala..."

   Why: Verified: body text correctly gives the Welker et al. study as 2020/800,000 years and the Canuto et al. study as the 2018 Science paper mapping over 61,000 structures. Both bibliography entries (Welker et al. 2020, Nature 580:235-238; Canuto et al. 2018, Science 361(6409), DOI 10.1126/science.aau0137) match. No stale 2019/1.9-million-year or 2022/Nature Human Behaviour/417-cities figures remain anywhere on the page, and the FAQ schema does not reference either study. No further changes needed.

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