User:Farolineclin/Contemporary Evolution/ClosingtheGap Peer Review

General info

 * Whose work are you reviewing?

Farolineclin


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 * User:Farolineclin/Contemporary Evolution
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Evaluate the drafted changes
The historical background section does a great job contextualizing the significance of this topic through its connection to Darwin and how that shaped human perception of evolution's speed. The article also has a lot inter-wiki links, which I think is helpful for diving deeper into the topic. Lastly, the examples are well explained and helpful in demonstrating the concept. The section "Peppered Moth in England" is especially well done because of its clear and concise writing.

Some general changes:

- I would move the historical background section into the introduction. It feels immediately relevant to understanding the context/significance of this topic since it directly builds off of our previous notions of evolution.

- I would remove the introduction sentence in the section "Empirical Evidence". The sentence does not particularly add any new information not found within the examples. If you do want to keep it, I would suggest adding a few more sentences that briefly overview more examples of contemporary evolution maybe in a list?

- Within the introduction, the author defines evolution. I think this can be removed.

The most important thing that can be done to improve the article is to complete the section "Applications to Conservation Biology". I believe this section is the most interesting part of the wiki article as it highlights the relevance of this topic to the anthropocene. Though, in this section, I would encourage the author to remain unbiased as they present the information. In particular, it might be worthwhile to discuss the limitations and difficulties with including evolution within restoration studies and global biodiversity goals.

I really liked the information within the historical background section. It made the importance of this topic obvious and helped me understand why this is even a problem in modern science! I love when science is connected to its historical roots and I would like to find a way to bring that into my topic, though I am unsure that I can summarize it as quickly as the author has done here.