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H1N1 flu is on everyone's mind. If you would like to know more about the virus, the pandemic and how it fits into the larger picture of influenza infections, read this definitive article from MIT. You may also like to read about the horrendous 1918 Spanish flu, a similar strain, that killed at least three times more people than World War I.
In 1992 parts of a hominid skeleton were excavated in Ethiopia. After 17 years of study the scientific team has released its report. The remains are 4.4 million years old and are more primitive than the famous 3.2 million year old Lucy skeleton. See this article from National Geographic for details. Or here for the scientific papers.
