User:Jmedi091/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Provide a link to the article here.)

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose this article because it was listed as a C-class article and relates to the course topic, Evolution of the Genus Homo. The evolution of cognition is a particularly important aspect of the genus homo, and the article looked well organized and straightforward.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

Lead Section

 * The first sentence describes the concept of cognitive evolution. Overall, the lead section touches upon the themes to be expanded on later in the article, such as the study of animal behavior to measure cognition, and discusses the differing understandings of it across disciplines.
 * The lead section does not provide an overview of article sections.

Content

 * The article's content reflects the topic and draws from sources within the past 6-20 years.

Tone and Balance

 * The article is written from a neutral standpoint and is absent of biased claims.

Sources and References

 * The sources are from academic articles from within the past 20 years and reflect a broad survey on the topic.
 * The links to the sources are valid.

Organization and Writing Quality

 * The article is well-written and does not have any grammatical errors.
 * The organization of the article is laid out well and all information in those sections are relevant.

Images and Media

 * The article does not include any images or media

Talk Page Discussion

 * There is only one comment from 2018 present on the talk page that discusses suggested grammatical changes as well as sections that could be expanded on and places where information is redundant.
 * The article is rated as a C-Class on the Evolutionary Biology WikiProject.
 * The article provides a survey of the major points talked about in the literature and provides a good foundation for what is to come in the discussion of cognitive evolution in this class.

Overall Impressions

 * The article is a good start but requires more in-depth detail, specifically on the genus Homo.
 * The article's strengths lie in its broad overview within the scope of cognitive evolution of both humans and nonhuman animals.
 * The article's weaknesses lie within its focus on nonhuman animals, which can be expanded to include more of the evolutionary history of humans and theories of how we came to develop our modern cognitive capabilities.
 * This article is underdeveloped.