The earliest ancestors of pterosaurs were a species of small, wingless reptile called lagerpetids that lived 237 million years ago, a new study reveals. Computed tomographic (CT) scans of fossils reveal similarities between the winged pterosaurs and wingless lagerpetids, which had characteristically long hind-legs. Although one could fly and the other couldn’t, pterosaurs and lagerpetids shared some … Read more
‘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 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
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
Myleene Klass admits Hear’Say lived in ‘constant fear’ that people around them would ‘sell stories’ and reveals they had ‘no money in the bank’ despite a number one single By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 20:12 BST, 16 October 2020 | Updated: 20:12 BST, 16 October 2020 Myleene Klass has revealed she lived in ‘constant … Read more