‘Buck-toothed’ bird the size of a crow with a toucan-like beak lived on Madagascar 68 million years ago Remains of a bird’s skull have been found on the African island of Madagascar The species has been called Falcatakely which means ‘small scythe beak’ By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline Published: 18:54 GMT, 25 November 2020 | Updated: … Read more
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 have forcibly cleared a huge Paris migrant camp where more than 2,000 people lived shoulder-to-shoulder in tents under a motorway overpass. Around 2,400 migrants, most of them young men from the Middle East and Africa, set fire to their camp under the A1 in Saint-Denis in the northern suburbs of Paris last night … Read more
Incredible story of the British Airways captain who was sucked out of a cockpit window mid-flight 30 years ago yet lived to tell the tale – thanks to a flight attendant who held on to his trouser belt It was June 10, 1990, and the flight crew had performed a routine take-off But then the … 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
Three astronauts that flew to the ISS at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and spent six months in space 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 away … 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
Robert Redford’s son James Redford dies at 58 following liver cancer battle: ‘He lived a beautiful life’ By Justin Enriquez For Dailymail.com Published: 22:03 BST, 19 October 2020 | Updated: 22:03 BST, 19 October 2020 James Redford – son of acting legend Robert Redford – had died at the age of 58 following a liver … Read more