# Inspector task sheet

Liang Bua: when did the island humans disappear?

## 1. Trace the earliest accessible record

For Liang Bua: when did the island humans disappear?, record author or storyteller, collection date, language, translation, page and exact scope. Distinguish evidence of a story being told from evidence of its events. Note which full documents remain unavailable.

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## 2. Investigate the central question

Compare the two primary papers’ stratigraphic diagrams and sampling contexts. Keep fossil and tool dates in separate columns with uncertainty. Mark reworked deposits and gaps. Evaluate contact hypotheses only where independently dated evidence overlaps; do not convert a boundary estimate into a witnessed disappearance.

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## 3. Compare explanations without merging evidence

Compare youngest secure contexts with sampling gaps. Require independently dated contact evidence rather than simultaneous regional estimates. Preserve contradictions and unsuccessful searches; proposed work remains unperformed.

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