The article was promoted 17:04, 10 June 2007.
Evolution is one of the central concepts in science and this article is a core topic. This is a self-nomination and this article is an ex-FA that was delisted in February. The article has just completed a thorough peer-review. Although this article is 97 kb in size, this is due to a high level of referencing demanded by this occasionally contentious topic and it has only 48 kb of readable text. Reviewers concerned about neutral point of view issues may find their questions answered in the Talk:Evolution/FAQ. TimVickers 01:52, 1 June 2007 (UTC) reply
Since this is turning into peer-review length (*cough* *cough*), I'm adding a count of supports, unresolved comments (comments that have been replied to or crossed out are considered resolved), objects: 20/0/1 (note: Adam's support is hard to see, in the middle of some crossed out stuff) [Moved it to start - Adam] Comment presumed by TimVickers: dated but not signed 12:22, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Well, that'll give you something to work on. And probably me too. Adam Cuerden talk 00:25, 2 June 2007 (UTC) reply
*Object I hate to do it because most of this article is absolutely superb but the history of evolutionary thought section has a real problem with its last paragraph:
To begin with I assume it shold be "began to apply population genetics to humans", but much more fundamentally I can't figure out quite what the rest of the paragraph is saying. The main problem with the study of human evolution in the 19th century was the lack of any useful hominid fossils. Until the discovery of Java Man in 1891 all they had were modern man and Neanderthals (a near contemporary of modern man). The first African hominid fossil would not be found until 1924. I can understand why you want a paragraph on thinking about human evolution, but I think you need to make it clearer or cut it.
Rusty Cashman
22:26, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
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Support I had one other minor issue with the mutation section but I just fixed it. An encyclopedia article on a topic as complicated as evolution can never be more than an overview, but this is an excellent one that gives concise yet informative summaries of difficult technical issues such as natural selection, mutation and genetic drift. Nice work.
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06:52, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
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The article was promoted 17:04, 10 June 2007.
Evolution is one of the central concepts in science and this article is a core topic. This is a self-nomination and this article is an ex-FA that was delisted in February. The article has just completed a thorough peer-review. Although this article is 97 kb in size, this is due to a high level of referencing demanded by this occasionally contentious topic and it has only 48 kb of readable text. Reviewers concerned about neutral point of view issues may find their questions answered in the Talk:Evolution/FAQ. TimVickers 01:52, 1 June 2007 (UTC) reply
Since this is turning into peer-review length (*cough* *cough*), I'm adding a count of supports, unresolved comments (comments that have been replied to or crossed out are considered resolved), objects: 20/0/1 (note: Adam's support is hard to see, in the middle of some crossed out stuff) [Moved it to start - Adam] Comment presumed by TimVickers: dated but not signed 12:22, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Well, that'll give you something to work on. And probably me too. Adam Cuerden talk 00:25, 2 June 2007 (UTC) reply
*Object I hate to do it because most of this article is absolutely superb but the history of evolutionary thought section has a real problem with its last paragraph:
To begin with I assume it shold be "began to apply population genetics to humans", but much more fundamentally I can't figure out quite what the rest of the paragraph is saying. The main problem with the study of human evolution in the 19th century was the lack of any useful hominid fossils. Until the discovery of Java Man in 1891 all they had were modern man and Neanderthals (a near contemporary of modern man). The first African hominid fossil would not be found until 1924. I can understand why you want a paragraph on thinking about human evolution, but I think you need to make it clearer or cut it.
Rusty Cashman
22:26, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
reply
Support I had one other minor issue with the mutation section but I just fixed it. An encyclopedia article on a topic as complicated as evolution can never be more than an overview, but this is an excellent one that gives concise yet informative summaries of difficult technical issues such as natural selection, mutation and genetic drift. Nice work.
Rusty Cashman
06:52, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
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