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  1. Humans

    Possibly pivotal human ancestor debated

    An ancient species that may have sparked the rise of humankind gets a new appraisal.

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  2. Life

    Complex life hit freshwater early

    Tiny fossils in Scottish rock show that cells with nuclei had spread beyond the seas by a billion years ago.

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  3. Earth

    Seismologists rumble over quake clusters

    Japan tremor may be part of a second grouping of great quakes since 1900, some scientists say.

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  4. Life

    Gone fishing, orangutan-style

    Apes that catch fish in ponds and eat them raise the possibility that ancient hominids did the same.