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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

Article title: Pliocene
Article Evaluation: The article's content is relevant to the topic, as it does discusses aspects within the subject however it does not go into too much detail. It is written neutrally however it does lack citation and references.
Sources
Environmental hypotheses of Pliocene human evolution by R. Potts^[1]

African climate change and faunal evolution during the Pliocene-Pleistocene by Peter B. deMenocal.^[2]

Option 2

Article title: Missing link (human evolution)
Article Evaluation: The article's content is relevant and it is written neutrally. It does not have a lot of information nor a lot of references. The page feels very short and broad. It has almost no background or definition.
Sources
Complex topography and human evolution: the missing link by: Isabelle C. Winder, Geoffrey C.P. King, Maud Deves, and Geoff N. Bailey^[3]

Option 3

Article title: History of life
Article Evaluation: The article's content is very much relevant and provides a neutral narrative. It does have many claims that contains very reliable sources. It goes into depth and cover a lot of material around the subject.
Sources: History of life by Richard Cowen^[4]

Option 4

Article title: Fighting Dinosaurs
Article Evaluation: The article's content is somewhat relevant but not at all reliable. I can see that false details and information have been added to the page. It doesn't really go into depth nor give background history. It mainly states what people believe, thus no real evidence.
Sources: New evidence for a trophic relationship between the dinosaurs Velociraptor and Protoceratops by David Hone, Jonah Choiniere, Corwin Sullivan, Xing Xu, Michael Pittman, and Qingwei Tan^[5]

Option 5

Article title: Jack Horner (paleontologist)
Article Evaluation
The article is relevant to the topic however it is not written neutrally as it does the best to portray him in a positive light. As there is a lot of information on his work, but not about him. This leads me to question that the claim does not have reliable sources.
Sources
The evolution of 'bizarre structures' in dinosaurs: biomechanics, sexual selection, social selection or species recognition? by K. Padian, and J.R. Horner ^[6]

^ Potts, R. (2007), Bobe, René; Alemseged, Zeresenay; Behrensmeyer, Anna K. (eds.), "Environmental hypotheses of Pliocene human evolution", Hominin Environments in the East African Pliocene: An Assessment of the Faunal Evidence, Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, pp. 25–49, doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-3098-7_2, ISBN 978-1-4020-3098-7, retrieved 2022-02-04
^ deMenocal, Peter B (2004-03-30). "African climate change and faunal evolution during the Pliocene–Pleistocene". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 220 (1): 3–24. doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(04)00003-2. ISSN 0012-821X.
^ Winder, Isabelle C.; King, Geoffrey C. P.; Devès, Maud; Bailey, Geoff N. (2013-06). "Complex topography and human evolution: the missing link". Antiquity. 87 (336): 333–349. doi:10.1017/S0003598X00048985. ISSN 0003-598X. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Cowen, Richard (2013-04-25). History of Life. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-68513-6.
^ Hone, David; Choiniere, Jonah; Sullivan, Corwin; Xu, Xing; Pittman, Michael; Tan, Qingwei (2010-05-15). "New evidence for a trophic relationship between the dinosaurs Velociraptor and Protoceratops". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 291 (3): 488–492. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.03.028. ISSN 0031-0182.
^ Padian, K.; Horner, J. R. (2011). "The evolution of 'bizarre structures' in dinosaurs: biomechanics, sexual selection, social selection or species recognition?". Journal of Zoology. 283 (1): 3–17. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.2010.00719.x. ISSN 1469-7998.

[1] Potts, R. (2007), Bobe, René; Alemseged, Zeresenay; Behrensmeyer, Anna K. (eds.), "Environmental hypotheses of Pliocene human evolution", Hominin Environments in the East African Pliocene: An Assessment of the Faunal Evidence, Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, pp. 25–49, doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-3098-7_2, ISBN 978-1-4020-3098-7, retrieved 2022-02-04

[2] Menocal, Peter B (2004-03-30). "African climate change and faunal evolution during the Pliocene–Pleistocene". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 220 (1): 3–24. doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(04)00003-2. ISSN 0012-821X.

[3] Winder, Isabelle C.; King, Geoffrey C. P.; Devès, Maud; Bailey, Geoff N. (2013-06). "Complex topography and human evolution: the missing link". Antiquity. 87 (336): 333–349. doi:10.1017/S0003598X00048985. ISSN 0003-598X. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[4] Cowen, Richard (2013-04-25). History of Life. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-68513-6.

[5] Hone, David; Choiniere, Jonah; Sullivan, Corwin; Xu, Xing; Pittman, Michael; Tan, Qingwei (2010-05-15). "New evidence for a trophic relationship between the dinosaurs Velociraptor and Protoceratops". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 291 (3): 488–492. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.03.028. ISSN 0031-0182.

[6] Padian, K.; Horner, J. R. (2011). "The evolution of 'bizarre structures' in dinosaurs: biomechanics, sexual selection, social selection or species recognition?". Journal of Zoology. 283 (1): 3–17. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.2010.00719.x. ISSN 1469-7998.

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