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Overuse of citations in article lead

There are a large number of citations (38 at present) in the lead of the article. This clutter decreases the readability of the article lead, which is where readability is most important.[1] While sometimes citations are required in the lead, as per MOS:LEADCITE, mostly that doesn't apply here as specific living persons are not mentioned and no quotes given. Since the lead is a summary, citations are not needed in most cases except where statements are made that are not supported by citations in the body of the article.(MOS:LEADCITE) It would be a very useful cleanup if someone could find the time to check where lead statements are not supported in the body and remove the unnecessary citations. An enthusiastic editor could even move some of the citations from the lead into the body. - R. S. Shaw (talk) 21:05, 23 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Other animals

This section has an internal discrepancy, saying "humans are joined by just four other species", and in the next sentence listing five: beluga whales, narwhals, orcas, false killer whales and short-finned pilot whales. I've changed the text to five, but as it's possible one of the five shouldn't be there, perhaps someone could review this. —BillC ^talk 14:53, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Twins study - early menopause

I moved these two sentences here so we can look for secondary sources. This was only one primary study in 2007. I did a very fast hand search on pubmed and did not see much.

Rates of premature menopause have been found to be significantly higher in fraternal and identical twins; about 5% of twins reach menopause before the age of 40.^{[dubious – discuss]}  The reasons for this are not completely understood.^[1]

JenOttawa (talk) 00:40, 22 November 2024 (UTC) JenOttawa (talk) 00:40, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

^ Gosden, R. G.; Treloar, S. A.; Martin, N. G.; Cherkas, L. F.; Spector, T. D.; Faddy, M. J.; Silber, S. J. (February 2007). "Prevalence of premature ovarian failure in monozygotic and dizygotic twins". Human Reproduction (Oxford, England). 22 (2): 610–615. doi:10.1093/humrep/del382. ISSN 0268-1161. PMID 17065173.

[1] Gosden, R. G.; Treloar, S. A.; Martin, N. G.; Cherkas, L. F.; Spector, T. D.; Faddy, M. J.; Silber, S. J. (February 2007). "Prevalence of premature ovarian failure in monozygotic and dizygotic twins". Human Reproduction (Oxford, England). 22 (2): 610–615. doi:10.1093/humrep/del382. ISSN 0268-1161. PMID 17065173.

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