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In case it could be useful, the pseudoarchaeology article cites many informational sources and in a fairly recent reply at its talk page I highlighted a few determining aspects. Article talk pages are not discussion WP:FORUMs and if you have specific change suggestions they should be concise and ideally also cite sources (all Misplaced Pages material must be supported by sources per WP:CITE and WP:V). However, there also is a science reference desk, WP:RD/S. —PaleoNeonate – 02:59, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
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