Five labels for honest science
Introducing the S.C.O.B.E.A. evidence-status framework.
Why labels?
Readers deserve to know how certain a statement is. A fossil described in a peer-reviewed paper and a centuries-old folk story are both worth recording — but they are not the same kind of knowledge.
The five statuses
Every discovery, article and research update on this website carries one of these labels. When new evidence appears, the label can change, and the change is noted on the page.
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