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I did improve structure and readability recently and got a revert-war on my tail;) You can see it through (bottom) I did very light edits to content, nothing serious, rather due to understanding and grasping the contents by going through one topic at a time from top to bottom with repeats to better learn the stuff. This is an intro, right? Header is now better in concordance with main body. I differentiated between theory of evolution and proof of evolution in experiment (sligthly - an accademic necessity too often neglected!). Dear valued wikipedia-co-autors, you may also decide to help me get (part or all) of my good changes through. Thanks-a-lot, yours --
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Link to IP's version: [1] -- NeilN talk to me 03:24, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
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I've reworded the " Simple overview" section in the following ways (red items are originals; green/more-indented items are new; comments in brackets):
The main ideas of evolution may be summarized as follows:
I hope others will accept my reasoning on the more significant changes. - dcljr ( talk) 12:17, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
ISTM that a lot of people have a mistaken impression about evolution, and this article misses the opportunity to clear it up. Many think that evolution is only something that took place in the distant past, and is only concerned with fossils. (1) As this article is written, it begins with a discussion of the past. It could begin with something like: "Evolution is something which we see happening throughout the world of life ... And we see the results of it having happened in the past in today's comparative anatomy and biogeography ... And we see how life has changed in major ways over long spans of time ..." (2) The first extended description of evolution can leave the impression that evolution is natural selection. There are other mechanisms involved, notably genetic drift and sexual selection, and it is not out of the question that there might be other mechanisms. I don't intend to make any changes on my own. I'm just bringing up some thoughts. TomS TDotO ( talk) 16:37, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
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Since we already have the more specific Evolutionary Biology template, I agree that the Science template is too much. Thanks, — Paleo Neonate – 05:21, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
I think the lead of this article is way too long, and much of it is redundant or off-topic for what should be an introduction to "introduction to evolution". I propose that we make the following cuts:
This material is either covered in the previous paragraph, or would fit better integrated with a main section. Danstronger ( talk) 01:57, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
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Some common points of argument are addressed at Wikipedia's Evolution FAQ, which represents the consensus of editors here. |
Hey!
I did improve structure and readability recently and got a revert-war on my tail;) You can see it through (bottom) I did very light edits to content, nothing serious, rather due to understanding and grasping the contents by going through one topic at a time from top to bottom with repeats to better learn the stuff. This is an intro, right? Header is now better in concordance with main body. I differentiated between theory of evolution and proof of evolution in experiment (sligthly - an accademic necessity too often neglected!). Dear valued wikipedia-co-autors, you may also decide to help me get (part or all) of my good changes through. Thanks-a-lot, yours --
78.51.211.140 (
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03:19, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
Link to IP's version: [1] -- NeilN talk to me 03:24, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
FWIW - another way (perhaps better) of reviewing the actual (rather substantial imo) IP Edits => CLICK HERE - hope this helps in some way - in any case - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan ( talk) 03:36, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
I've reworded the " Simple overview" section in the following ways (red items are originals; green/more-indented items are new; comments in brackets):
The main ideas of evolution may be summarized as follows:
I hope others will accept my reasoning on the more significant changes. - dcljr ( talk) 12:17, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
ISTM that a lot of people have a mistaken impression about evolution, and this article misses the opportunity to clear it up. Many think that evolution is only something that took place in the distant past, and is only concerned with fossils. (1) As this article is written, it begins with a discussion of the past. It could begin with something like: "Evolution is something which we see happening throughout the world of life ... And we see the results of it having happened in the past in today's comparative anatomy and biogeography ... And we see how life has changed in major ways over long spans of time ..." (2) The first extended description of evolution can leave the impression that evolution is natural selection. There are other mechanisms involved, notably genetic drift and sexual selection, and it is not out of the question that there might be other mechanisms. I don't intend to make any changes on my own. I'm just bringing up some thoughts. TomS TDotO ( talk) 16:37, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
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Since we already have the more specific Evolutionary Biology template, I agree that the Science template is too much. Thanks, — Paleo Neonate – 05:21, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
I think the lead of this article is way too long, and much of it is redundant or off-topic for what should be an introduction to "introduction to evolution". I propose that we make the following cuts:
This material is either covered in the previous paragraph, or would fit better integrated with a main section. Danstronger ( talk) 01:57, 18 January 2019 (UTC)