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Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

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Article Title: The theory of Evolution
Article Evaluation: The article is well written but it is a little short. It could be expanded.
Sources: "Richard Dawkins: Foreword to The Theory of Evolution by John Maynard Smith". Centre for the Study of Evolution, University of Sussex. 2008-02-04. Retrieved 2008-02-04.

Option 2

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Article Title: Darwinian Fairytales
Article Evaluation: This article is very interesting but it only contains a quote or excerpt from the book. There needs to be more to it, which means it could be helped in the expansion portion of it before it is published.
Sources: Stove, David (2006). Darwinian Fairytales. Encounter Books. ISBN 9781594032004. Archived from the original on 24 Sep 2015.
Ghiselin, Michael T. (1998). Darwinian fairytales by David Stove. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. Vol. 20, No. 1. pp. 108-110.

Option 3

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Article Title: The Causes of Evolution
Article Evaluation: This article contains many links and citations to go off of making it valid. Summarizes what the book is about.
Sources: J.B.S. Haldane (1990 edition ISBN 0-691-02442-1)

Option 4

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Article title: Evolution and the Humanities
Article Evaluation: This article is well researched and has many references to go off of in order to recieve more information about the topic of evolution and the humanities.
Sources: "Evolution and the Humanities". National Center for Science Education.
Stuart-Fox, Martin. (1988). Evolution and the Humanities by David Holbrook. The Centennial Review. Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 318-319.
Barton, Ruth. (1989). Reviewed Works: Theories of Human Evolution: A Century of Debate, 1844-1944 by Peter J. Bowler; Evolution and the Humanities by David Holbrook; The Age of Science: The Scientific World-View in the Nineteenth Century by David Knight. Victorian Studies. Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 276-278.

Option 5

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Article title: Evolution without Evidence
Article Evaluation: This article refers to a book and what the book heavily relies on. It includes many different references that we can use to research and expand the article with.
Sources: Vergata, Antonello La. (1986). Evolution Without Evidence. Charles Darwin and "The Origin of Species" by Barry G. Gale. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. Vol. 8, No. 2. pp. 348-350.
Nichols, Irby C. (1984). Evolution without Evidence; Charles Darwin and the Origin of Species by Barry G. Gale. Social Science Quarterly. Vol. 65, No. 3. p. 906
Rehbock, Philip F. (1984). Evolution without Evidence: Charles Darwin and "The Origin of Species" by Barry G. Gale. Journal of Interdisciplinary History. Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 667-668.
Blaisdell, Muriel L. (1984). Evolution without Evidence: Charles Darwin and the Origin of Species by Barry G. Gale. Isis. Vol. 75, No. 2. pp. 424-425.
Jollie, Malcolm. (1983). Evolution without Evidence. Charles Darwin and The Origin of Species by Barry G. Gale. The Auk. Vol. 100, No. 3. pp. 778-779.
Lewontin, Richard C. (1983). "Darwin’s Revolution". The New York Review of Books.
"Barry Gale: Evolution Without Evidence". Review.