The world’s largest ape vanished from Earth more than 100,000 years earlier than once thought, pushed to extinction as the environment around it shifted, researchers report January 10 in Nature.
The new extinction date comes from new analyses of fossils of Gigantopithecus blacki, as well as on the sediments of about a dozen caves in southern China where the ape once dwelled. Instead of dying out around 100,000 years ago, the ape was driven to extinction between 295,000
A Texas man out on probation for an earlier stabbing is now accused of killing his girlfriend and her puppy, and was captured Tuesday after three days on the run.
Marques Kelvin Potts, 58, now faces a felony murder charge for the death of 43-year-old Melissa Fowler in her northwest Houston apartment on July 29, according to a criminal complaint filed in Harris County District Court. Although charging documents do not disclose their relationship, Houston Police told the Houston Chronicle
She captivated the world with 1990 cover of Nothing Compares 2 U, widely considered one of the greatest love songs of all time.
But Sinead O’Connor’s love life was tumultuous, with four marriages and many affairs.
Most shockingly, the singer tied the knot with drugs counsellor husband Barry Herridge in 2011, with the marriage only lasting 16 days.
The singer and therapist married at The Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas after just three months of dating.
After the
Frantic search efforts
Brits may need to work much earlier in the day to cope with ‘uncomfortable’ heat brought on by climate change, a new study claims.
University of Oxford experts found the UK is one of the European countries that will have to adapt the most to cope with sweltering temperatures.
Following the lead of some workplaces in southern European countries such as Spain, the British working day could start at 6am and finish at about 2pm.
Brits could also follow the
Elon Musk’s SpaceX will today make a second attempt at launching the rocket ship that could one day power humans to Mars.
The billionaire’s $3 billion (£2.4 billion), 395ft-tall Starship is the most powerful rocket humanity has ever produced, packing almost double the thrust of any other in history.
It is due to lift-off from Boca Chica in Texas between 8:28am local time (14:28 BST) and 9:30am (15:30 BST).
Starship’s first-ever orbital test flight was due to take place on
Police may have to rethink the timeline of William Tyrrell’s disappearance after CCTV photos of a local man leaving the Kendall tennis club suggest the boy may have gone missing up to an hour earlier than originally thought.
Time stamps on the photos show Richard Donoghue – who lived 270m from William’s foster grandmother – left the tennis club after overhearing a call to a local policewoman at the club.
Mr Donoghue later told police the call, which came in
