Fossils: Neanderthal who fell down a well and starved to death 130,000 years ago had buck teeth

Altamura Man — a Neanderthal who starved to death after falling down a well over 130,000 years ago — had buck teeth he likely used to hold meat while cutting it. Cavers spotted the remains in the Lamalunga Cave, Italy, in 1993 — finding them covered in deposits of calcite, a mineral derived from the surrounding … Read more

I’m A Celebrity 2020: Viewers accuse stars of ‘acting starved’ as they fawn over bread

They’ve been in the confines of Gwrych Castle since Sunday evening.  And I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! viewers couldn’t resist poking fun at this year’s crop of stars when they fawned over a prize of bread and butter, saying they were ‘acting like they’ve been starved for months’. AJ Pritchard and Jessica Plummer … Read more

Pictured: One-year-old toddler found near body of mother who starved

The partner of an asylum seeking mother found dead with her starving 16-month-old daughter has told how it was a ‘miracle’ the baby survived. Mercy Baguma, 34, was found dead with her baby Adriel beside her after her partner Eric Nnanna, 30, had gone to the flat but got no response and heard the baby crying. … Read more

41 starved dogs reduced to just skin and bones are rescued from a Spanish farm

41 starved dogs reduced to just skin and bones are rescued from a Spanish farm and placed with canine charities as police arrest woman who owned the animals Police raided farm in Spain where dozens of malnourished dogs were being kept  Officers rescued 41 emaciated animals from the ‘terrible and unhygienic’ farm  29 of the … Read more

Widower who says wife starved herself to death in care home during lockdown demands inquest

Widower who says his wife starved herself to death in a care home after he was stopped from visiting her during the coronavirus outbreak demands an inquest Retired architect Shaikh Rehman was told he could no longer visit his sick wife  Rosemary, 75, was in a care home after suffering a stroke and also had … Read more

Top tips for first time investors: Starved savers turn to stock market

Amateur investors are behind a surge in new stock market accounts opened in lockdown. Leading investment platforms are reporting a record rise in new Isa and pension accounts as DIY savers look to make their money go further. The rise also comes after the stock market was plunged into chaos by the Covid-19 pandemic, with … Read more

Venus and Serena Williams’ father ‘starved’ his young wife and baby son

Venus and Serena Williams’ father Richard has been accused by his estranged wife of starving their family to the point that she was forced to sell their motorhome behind his back in order to buy food. Lakeisha Williams also claims that they’d regularly drive around the poorest areas of Los Angeles and Florida as he … Read more

Earth almost starved of oxygen one billion years ago

Iron in Earth’s oceans one billion years ago almost starved the world of oxygen and destroyed any chance of complex life evolving, study finds Phytoplankton that lived in the ocean’s a billion years ago produced oxygen  But the presence of iron inhibited this process and limited photosynthesis   Oxygen dropped to around one per cent of today’s … Read more