Talk:Denisovan/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Starsandwhales (talk · contribs) 21:23, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Hello! I'll be reviewing your article over the next few days. starsandwhales (talk) 21:23, 24 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Would it be appropriate to use a taxobox for this article?
 * it's not a taxon so no  User:Dunkleosteus77 &#124;push to talk 02:22, 25 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Maybe instead of saying the body part as a part of the the name for each fossil, it could be a separate column?
 * done  User:Dunkleosteus77 &#124;push to talk 02:22, 25 April 2020 (UTC)


 * The Tattersall book looks interesting.
 * He only makes mention of Denisovans in 2 places  User:Dunkleosteus77 &#124;push to talk 13:44, 26 April 2020 (UTC)


 * In the lead, would "similarities" make more sense than "close affinities" when talking about Neanderthals? Since it's unclear whether they ever cohabitated the cave.
 * No, affinities as in taxonomic affinity, as in they're more closely related to each other  User:Dunkleosteus77 &#124;push to talk 01:11, 26 April 2020 (UTC)


 * In the modern humans section it would make it clearer by grouping the information about each region together. The topic sentence of that section works well as an introduction to the ideas, but the information that follows could be better organized.
 * done  User:Dunkleosteus77 &#124;push to talk 01:11, 26 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Is it possible to make the divergence times diagram larger so that the timeline can be read without opening the image?
 * You'd have to make it too big  User:Dunkleosteus77 &#124;push to talk 01:11, 26 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Is all of the dating done by assuming that the genes mutate at the same rate as humans? How would the mutation rates used to calculate time compare to humans? Were all of the specimens' nDNA tested or were only a few of them tested?
 * different authors use different mutation rates. Reich extracted nDNA from Denisova 3.  User:Dunkleosteus77 &#124;push to talk 01:11, 26 April 2020 (UTC)


 * How was the time the two Denisovan populations split calculated?
 * I'm having some trouble finding their methods, I'll get back to you on that  User:Dunkleosteus77 &#124;push to talk 01:11, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
 * added  User:Dunkleosteus77 &#124;push to talk 13:49, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

Those were my main questions. Everything is well written, the article looks good.