diff --git a/CHANGELOG.d/1.6.0-land-keyman-eval-under-next-action.md b/CHANGELOG.d/1.6.0-land-keyman-eval-under-next-action.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7115e36e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.d/1.6.0-land-keyman-eval-under-next-action.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# 1.6.0 Land Keyman and evaluation under the Event Lineage next action
+
+Open Public post from the landed Demo Corp members and Keyman plus
+evaluation sit under the Event Lineage next action, ahead of Affiliate
+tree. Home list opens keep the earlier order.
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8860a5b58..33f8e1dee 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@ All notable changes to this project are documented here. Format follows
 [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/); versioning follows
 [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.6.0] - 2026-08-17
+
+### Added
+
+- Opening Public post from the landed Demo Corp members now puts
+  Keyman and evaluation immediately under the Event Lineage next
+  action, ahead of Affiliate tree. Home list opens keep evaluation
+  above Event Lineage. No TEPP theta is invented. No cutoff body is
+  invented (ADR 0016).
+
 ## [1.5.0] - 2026-08-17
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 8bc2c48e2..7d93d7543 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "frontend",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "1.5.0",
+  "version": "1.6.0",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",
diff --git a/frontend/src/App.test.tsx b/frontend/src/App.test.tsx
index 3aa56e4d3..a4139577c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.test.tsx
@@ -1474,6 +1474,18 @@ describe("App, authenticated", () => {
     expect(
       screen.queryByRole("status", { name: "Event Lineage next action" }),
     ).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    const popup = document.querySelector(".popup-panel");
+    expect(popup).not.toBeNull();
+    const evaluation = within(popup as HTMLElement).getByRole("heading", {
+      name: "Post quality (IRT)",
+    });
+    const eventLineage = within(popup as HTMLElement).getByRole("heading", { name: "Event Lineage" });
+    const affiliate = within(popup as HTMLElement).getByRole("heading", { name: "Affiliate tree" });
+    const keyman = within(popup as HTMLElement).getByRole("heading", { name: "Keyman" });
+    expect(evaluation.compareDocumentPosition(eventLineage) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING).not.toBe(
+      0,
+    );
+    expect(affiliate.compareDocumentPosition(keyman) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING).not.toBe(0);
   });
 
   it("shows a seeded Ask exchange without an orchestrator round-trip", async () => {
@@ -2290,10 +2302,17 @@ describe("App, authenticated", () => {
       expect(
         currentNode.compareDocumentPosition(lineageNext) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING,
       ).not.toBe(0);
+      const keyman = within(popup as HTMLElement).getByRole("heading", { name: "Keyman" });
+      const evaluation = within(popup as HTMLElement).getByRole("heading", {
+        name: "Post quality (IRT)",
+      });
+      const affiliate = within(popup as HTMLElement).getByRole("heading", { name: "Affiliate tree" });
+      expect(lineageNext.compareDocumentPosition(keyman) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING).not.toBe(
+        0,
+      );
+      expect(keyman.compareDocumentPosition(evaluation) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING).not.toBe(0);
       expect(
-        lineageNext.compareDocumentPosition(
-          within(popup as HTMLElement).getByRole("heading", { name: "Keyman" }),
-        ) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING,
+        evaluation.compareDocumentPosition(affiliate) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING,
       ).not.toBe(0);
     } finally {
       HTMLElement.prototype.scrollIntoView = originalScrollIntoView;
diff --git a/frontend/src/App.tsx b/frontend/src/App.tsx
index d0de5ce18..57f3a2038 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -1375,13 +1375,15 @@ function PostDetailPopup({
               )}
             </section>
 
-            <EvaluationPanel
-              postId={postId}
-              accessToken={accessToken}
-              responses={evaluation}
-              canExtract={canExtract}
-              onEvaluated={(rows) => setEvaluation(rows)}
-            />
+            {!focusEventLineage && (
+              <EvaluationPanel
+                postId={postId}
+                accessToken={accessToken}
+                responses={evaluation}
+                canExtract={canExtract}
+                onEvaluated={(rows) => setEvaluation(rows)}
+              />
+            )}
 
             <VocEvidenceSection
               evidence={vocEvidence}
@@ -1408,6 +1410,29 @@ function PostDetailPopup({
               />
             </section>
 
+            {focusEventLineage && (
+              <>
+                <KeymanPanel
+                  postId={postId}
+                  accessToken={accessToken}
+                  keymen={keymen}
+                  canExtract={canExtract}
+                  onExtracted={reloadKeymen}
+                  onSelectPost={onSelectPost}
+                  focusPerson={focusPerson}
+                  focusEntity={focusEntity}
+                  focusTeam={focusTeam}
+                />
+                <EvaluationPanel
+                  postId={postId}
+                  accessToken={accessToken}
+                  responses={evaluation}
+                  canExtract={canExtract}
+                  onEvaluated={(rows) => setEvaluation(rows)}
+                />
+              </>
+            )}
+
             <section className="popup-section">
               <h3>Affiliate tree</h3>
               {affiliateTrees === null ? (
@@ -1436,17 +1461,19 @@ function PostDetailPopup({
               )}
             </section>
 
-            <KeymanPanel
-              postId={postId}
-              accessToken={accessToken}
-              keymen={keymen}
-              canExtract={canExtract}
-              onExtracted={reloadKeymen}
-              onSelectPost={onSelectPost}
-              focusPerson={focusPerson}
-              focusEntity={focusEntity}
-              focusTeam={focusTeam}
-            />
+            {!focusEventLineage && (
+              <KeymanPanel
+                postId={postId}
+                accessToken={accessToken}
+                keymen={keymen}
+                canExtract={canExtract}
+                onExtracted={reloadKeymen}
+                onSelectPost={onSelectPost}
+                focusPerson={focusPerson}
+                focusEntity={focusEntity}
+                focusTeam={focusTeam}
+              />
+            )}
 
             {counterparties && counterparties.length > 0 && (
               <CounterpartyPanel
diff --git a/lineageweave/__init__.py b/lineageweave/__init__.py
index 2cd563a3d..0d4e0f989 100644
--- a/lineageweave/__init__.py
+++ b/lineageweave/__init__.py
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@
     "sentence_excerpts",
 ]
 
-__version__ = "1.5.0"
+__version__ = "1.6.0"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 910232781..587115950 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "lineageweave"
-version = "1.5.0"
+version = "1.6.0"
 description = "Reconstructs git-branch-style lineage DAGs from scattered short records using multi-channel score fusion and LLM adjudication."
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { text = "MIT" }
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 536e0bfdb..b1250c094 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lineageweave"
-version = "1.5.0"
+version = "1.6.0"
 source = { virtual = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "certifi" },