Missing link (human evolution)

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Missing link (human evolution)

Quality:

Missing link - non-scientific term typically referring to transitional fossils in human evolution. Article “Missing link (human evolution)” in English Wikipedia has 30.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 13 references and 4 sections.

This article has the best quality in Swedish Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

In June 2025 the article “Missing link (human evolution)” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Missing link (human evolution)”, its content was written by 50 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 288 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 38 times in English Wikipedia and cited 282 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #17990 in July 2023
  • Global: #13836 in June 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #18706 in January 2020
  • Global: #10338 in May 2009

There are 12 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Swedish (sv)
Felande länk
42.3249
2Russian (ru)
Недостающее звено (антропогенез)
40.4011
3English (en)
Missing link (human evolution)
30.8733
4Italian (it)
Anello mancante
30.6171
5Esperanto (eo)
Mankanta ĉenero
26.019
6German (de)
Missing Link
25.9357
7Spanish (es)
Eslabón perdido
24.1782
8Portuguese (pt)
Elo perdido
23.5442
9Arabic (ar)
الحلقة المفقودة (تطور البشر)
17.5685
10Chinese (zh)
缺失环节
14.5009
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Missing link (human evolution)" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1Spanish (es)
Eslabón perdido
1 279 338
2English (en)
Missing link (human evolution)
644 495
3German (de)
Missing Link
307 402
4Italian (it)
Anello mancante
216 167
5Swedish (sv)
Felande länk
37 597
6Russian (ru)
Недостающее звено (антропогенез)
31 003
7Portuguese (pt)
Elo perdido
25 653
8Finnish (fi)
Puuttuva rengas
20 427
9Indonesian (id)
Mata rantai yang hilang (evolusi manusia)
7 310
10Arabic (ar)
الحلقة المفقودة (تطور البشر)
5 151
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Missing link (human evolution)" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Missing link (human evolution)
5 093
2German (de)
Missing Link
1 249
3Spanish (es)
Eslabón perdido
997
4Russian (ru)
Недостающее звено (антропогенез)
667
5Italian (it)
Anello mancante
491
6Portuguese (pt)
Elo perdido
274
7Chinese (zh)
缺失环节
66
8Swedish (sv)
Felande länk
60
9Finnish (fi)
Puuttuva rengas
45
10Arabic (ar)
الحلقة المفقودة (تطور البشر)
35
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Missing link (human evolution)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Missing Link
70
2Spanish (es)
Eslabón perdido
64
3Italian (it)
Anello mancante
61
4English (en)
Missing link (human evolution)
50
5Swedish (sv)
Felande länk
15
6Finnish (fi)
Puuttuva rengas
12
7Portuguese (pt)
Elo perdido
4
8Arabic (ar)
الحلقة المفقودة (تطور البشر)
3
9Indonesian (id)
Mata rantai yang hilang (evolusi manusia)
3
10Russian (ru)
Недостающее звено (антропогенез)
3
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Missing link (human evolution)" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Missing link (human evolution)
1
2Italian (it)
Anello mancante
1
3Arabic (ar)
الحلقة المفقودة (تطور البشر)
0
4German (de)
Missing Link
0
5Esperanto (eo)
Mankanta ĉenero
0
6Spanish (es)
Eslabón perdido
0
7Finnish (fi)
Puuttuva rengas
0
8Indonesian (id)
Mata rantai yang hilang (evolusi manusia)
0
9Portuguese (pt)
Elo perdido
0
10Russian (ru)
Недостающее звено (антропогенез)
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Missing link (human evolution)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1German (de)
Missing Link
88
2Spanish (es)
Eslabón perdido
49
3English (en)
Missing link (human evolution)
38
4Italian (it)
Anello mancante
30
5Swedish (sv)
Felande länk
22
6Russian (ru)
Недостающее звено (антропогенез)
17
7Portuguese (pt)
Elo perdido
15
8Finnish (fi)
Puuttuva rengas
10
9Arabic (ar)
الحلقة المفقودة (تطور البشر)
6
10Esperanto (eo)
Mankanta ĉenero
4
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
Popularity in June 2025:
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Popularity in all years:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
الحلقة المفقودة (تطور البشر)
deGerman
Missing Link
enEnglish
Missing link (human evolution)
eoEsperanto
Mankanta ĉenero
esSpanish
Eslabón perdido
fiFinnish
Puuttuva rengas
idIndonesian
Mata rantai yang hilang (evolusi manusia)
itItalian
Anello mancante
ptPortuguese
Elo perdido
ruRussian
Недостающее звено (антропогенез)
svSwedish
Felande länk
zhChinese
缺失环节

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#18706
01.2020
Global:
#10338
05.2009

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#17990
07.2023
Global:
#13836
06.2003

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Missing link from Wikipedia articles about Piltdown Man, Missing Link, Pithecometra principle, Oliver and Transitional fossil. Whereas reading the article about Missing link people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Java Man, Dinkʼinesh, Transitional fossil, Australopithecus sediba and Piltdown Man.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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