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On Tuesday, researchers unveiled the missing link, a 47-million-year-old fossil that scientists believe could help understand how humans evolved during an event at the American Museum of Natural History. The fossil is the size of a small cat or dog, has four legs, and a very long tail. It resembles nothing of humans or even monkeys in my opinion and researches at the news conference indicated that nobody is claiming it does, but they hope it will provide a good indication of what ancestors may have looked like long ago.

Researchers have discovered that a long-defunct gene was resurrected during the course of human evolution. This is believed to be the first evidence of a doomed gene infection-fighting human IRGM - making a comeback in the human/great ape lineage.

Down with malaria, thespian Dilip Kumar was admitted to Lilavati Hospital in Bandra Reclamation early onSunday.The 87-year-old actor, running a high fever on Saturday, tested positive for falciparum or cerebral malaria, said Dr Jalil Parker, who had recently treated Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray.

International aid agency Global Fund Tuesday announced a $128.5 million grant for India to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

Swine flu crossed new borders Tuesday with the first confirmed cases in the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region , while the number of U.S. cases jumped to 68 and Mexico ordered restaurants to only serve takeout as a way to limit large public gatherings.Meanwhile, world health officials in Geneva were concerned that the virus appears to be establishing itself in communities and be able to produce larger outbreaks outside Mexico, possibly causing a flu pandemic.

Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, believes chewing gum and chocolate could become the next tool to combat malaria , as he useshis wealth to seek unconventional approaches to world health problems.

Scientists who worked the Star Wars anti-missile programme in the United States are building a ray-gun than can kill mosquitoes in a bid to tackle the scourge of malaria. Experts behind the 1980s missile shield idea have helped to develop a laser that locks onto and kills airborne insects.

Thirty eight-year old Arun Tadanki, president, Asia Pacific at Monster.com, is joining Yahoo India as MD, Medianama reports. A Yahoo India spokesperson confirmed the development to us. Tadanki will take over from Gopal Krishna, head of audience for emerging markets, who was also serving as interim CEO since 2007.

A new study out in the Archives of General Psychiatry asserts that strictly following a Mediterranean diet is protective against depression. It's been long known that diet can be influential on mood (with wide variations in different humans), but I don't think I've ever seen researchers claim that a particular diet is protective against depression.