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Nature, first published on 4 November 1869, is ranked the world's most cited interdisciplinary scientific journal by the Science Edition of the 2010 Journal Citation Reports...

Timeline of Events

1953

2.28.1953

James D. Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April Nature (pub. April 2).

1994

3.31.1994

Human evolution: The journal ''Nature'' reports the finding in Ethiopia of the first complete ''Australopithecus afarensis'' skull.

2001

2.15.2001

First draft of the complete Human Genome is published in Nature

2003

3.13.2003

Human evolution: The journal Nature reports that 350,000-year-old footprints of an upright-walking human have been found in Italy.