* Astronomy

Nine fossilised teeth found in Ethiopia are from a previously unknown species of great ape, Nature journal reports.
The 10 million-year-old fossils belong to an animal that has been named Cororapithecus abyssinicus by the Ethiopian-Japanese team.
This new species could be a direct ancestor of living African great apes, say the researchers.
The finds from the Afar rift, in eastern Ethiopia, raise questions on current theories of human evolution.

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