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Looking Back At The Year In Science

Dec. 25, 2009
Ira Flatow and a panel of science writers and editors discuss the top science stories of 2009, from the discovery of water on the moon to the unveiling of human ancestor Ardipithecus ramidus to public health controversies like the new mammography guidelines and the swine flu vaccine.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 13 (UPI) -- A University of California team hunting for fossils in Ethiopia may have found the remains of a human ancestor that lived more than 4 million years ago.

Bones date back 4.5 million years

BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Fossilized bones found in northern Ethiopia belong to a human ancestor who lived 4.3 million to 4.5 million years ago, researchers said Wednesday.

New branch of primitive humans reported

NEW YORK, March 5 (UPI) -- International researchers have added another species to the growing family tree of human evolution, the New York Times reported Friday.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch