Fossils found on an Indonesian island appeared to have come from a half-size Homo species that evolved during the Stone Age . BrownPeople 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. DebueThe 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 .
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