Science News of the Year 2004

Fossils found on an Indonesian island appeared to have come from a half-size Homo species that evolved during the Stone Age . Brown
People tamed cats by about 9,500 years ago, much earlier than previously estimated, according to discoveries on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus . I. Van Den Berg/Animals Animals; (Inset) K. Debue
The discovery of the youngest planet known also produced the first evidence of organic compounds in a space region with the potential for planets to form .