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A new report challenges the theory that Sahelanthropus tchadensis, a hominid that lived more than 6 million years ago, was our earliest known human ancestor. French paleontologists uncovered a Sahelanthropus in Chad almost two decades ago. Nicknaming it ‘Toumai,’ they heralded the creature as an early biped — with a skull indicating it had an erect spine. … Read more
French police forcibly clear huge Paris migrant camp where more than 2,000 people lived shoulder-to-shoulder in tents under motorway overpass Migrants, most them men from Middle East and Africa, set fire to their camp under the A1 in Saint-Denis Riot police were dispatched to prepare the migrants ahead of removal by 70 buses this morning … Read more
A British Airways captain was sucked out of a cockpit window mid-flight 30 years ago and lived to tell the tale – after a flight attendant held on to his trouser belt It was June 10, 1990, and the flight crew had performed a routine take-off But then the windscreen of the Malaga-bound plane blew … Read more
Keir Starmer has revealed he once lived above a brothel as he appeared on Desert Island Discs – choosing tracks by Stormzy, Beethoven, and football anthem Three Lions. The Labour leader, 58, gave an insight into his younger days as he become the latest senior politician to brave the Radio 4 show. He said he … Read more
Ancient ‘paperclip’ squid that roamed the oceans 68 million years ago would live for centuries, strange stationary-shaped fossil reveals Remains of a 68 million-year-old squid reveals the creature lived 200 years Experts re-examined its paperclip-shaped shell to determine its age The shell had ridges from methane being released from the seafloor each year By Stacy … Read more
Ancient crocodiles from Africa swam across the Mediterranean to live in Spanish coastal waters, a new study claims. Scientists have described fossils of two crocs measuring about 10 feet (3 metres) in length that likely dispersed across the Mediterranean Basin multiple times and colonised both Spain and Italy around five million years ago. Analysis of … Read more
Ancient crocodiles from Africa swam across the Mediterranean to live in Spanish coastal waters, a new study claims. Scientists have described fossils of two crocs measuring about 10 feet (3 metres) in length that likely dispersed across the Mediterranean Basin multiple times and colonised both Spain and Italy around five million years ago. Analysis of … Read more
Revolting moment surgeon pulls out a wiggling leech from a boy, five, after it lived in his body for more than a year The youngster in China had the blood-sucker pulled out of his throat on Friday A surgeon is seen holding the squirming leech after it was removed from the boy A doctor said … Read more
Three astronauts that flew to the ISS at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and spent six months on the ISS land safely back on Earth Trio are NASA’s Chris Cassidy and Russia’s Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner who landed in Kazakhstan today They arrived on the orbiting laboratory on April 9 tand have been … Read more
Ireland’s oldest woman marked her 107th birthday with an ‘inspirational’ letter to offer hope to people struggling during the Covid-19 pandemic. Widow Nancy Stewart, from Clonard, County Meath, penned an insightful note which reflected on the multiple wars, financial crashes and health crises she’s witnessed throughout her lifetime. Celebrating her milestone birthday during the coronavirus pandemic, … Read more