[svnt]

Yes, but that is the absence of evidence, commonly called on when the science hasn't been done.

If a theory/hypothesis remains not proven once the science has been repeatedly done in numerous attempts to prove it, very often it does mean it is wrong.

[farts_mckensy]

A mere two studies are cited in the Wikipedia quote you supplied as evidence of the supposed wrongness of the hypothesis.

[svnt]

Wikipedia is not often referenced in literature reviews as an exhaustive source of relevant studies.