March 5, 2005
- The world's oldest early bipedal human skeleton has been found in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. The skeleton is between 3.8 and 4 million years old, which means that it predates the fossil Lucy. (Voice of America) (ABC News)
- Scientists flock to an area about 300 miles off the coast of U.S. state of Washington to study what appears to be an ongoing undersea volcanic eruption. Accompanying earthquakes measuring up to magnitude 4.0 have numbered thousands per day. (Seattle Times)
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