Neanderthal remains in Belgium thought to be 37,000 years old are actually thousands of years OLDER

Neanderthal remains discovered in a cave in Belgium thought to be 37,000 years old are actually thousands of years older than previous studies suggested, study shows. University of Oxford archaeologists re-dated a number of Neanderthal specimens from Spy Cave in Belgium, a renowned site for palaeolithic discoveries and found contamination skewed earlier dating efforts. The … Read more

Amanda Holden remains in character as the Queen of Hearts as she leaves Heart FM on World Book Day

Amanda Holden was in no rush to shed her Queen of Hearts persona on World Book Day as she left her duties at Heart FM. Exiting the studios on Thursday, the TV and radio presenter, 50, channelled the Alice in Wonderland monarch, but added some showbiz glam to the look with a pair of dark shades.  Putting … Read more

Morgan Wallen remains atop Billboard 200 for seventh consecutive week amid racism scandal

Morgan Wallen’s album Dangerous: The Double Album made history taking the top spot on the Billboard 200 Sunday. The Sneedville, Tennessee native’s record is the only country album ever to spent its first seven weeks in first place on the chart, on the heels of the singer taking a step back amid a racism scandal … Read more

IFS: Lockdown easing SHOULD speed up if Covid data remains positive

Lockdown easing SHOULD speed up if infection rates and vaccine drive data remain positive to save the economy, says boss of influential Institute for Fiscal Studies Paul Johnson, director of IFS, said ‘if we can do it quicker we absolutely should’ Mr Johnson said ‘no need to stick to a date if things go better … Read more

DNA testing on remains of Richard III could finally tell if he really was an evil King

He was the King depicted by William Shakespeare as a hunchback villain. But now geneticists are expected to shed light on whether or not Richard III really did have a dark side.  Scientists at Leicester University’s department of genetics have sequenced the complete genome of the last Plantagenet King. The team is led by Professor … Read more

Prince Philip begins 10th day in hospital where he remains for ‘several days’

Prince Philip begins 10th day in King Edward VII hospital where he will remain for ‘several days’ Duke of Edinburgh is expected to remain at hospital for at least rest of this week Philip, 99, is said to be ‘comfortable’ and ‘responding to treatment’ in last update  Son Prince Edward said Philip is ‘a lot … Read more

Remains of a 2,000-year-old Bogong moth is first evidence early humans used tools to eat bugs

Scientists in Australia have uncovered the first archaeological evidence of insects being used as a food source by ancient Australian Aboriginal groups. Particles on a grindstone discovered in the foothills of the Australian Alps were determined to be from a Bogong moth, which migrates to the area every summer. The tool, small to be carried … Read more

Princess Diana’s brother Earl Spencer on quest to find remains of the wreck of the White Ship

Historian Charles Spencer is sending divers to the wreck site of the White Ship, which sank 900 years ago with the only heir of King Henry I on board.  The ship plummeted to the depths of the English Channel on November 25, 1120,  after hitting the notorious submerged Quillebœuf Rock, off the French coast. Carrying … Read more

Archaeologists unearth remains of stone circle that may have made up Stonehenge

Stonehenge was originally built in Wales, before the stone circle was dismantled and rebuilt 175 miles away in Wiltshire, researchers claim. It is already established that the 5,000-year-old monument in Salisbury contains bluestones brought from a Welsh hillside. However, new research suggests that they were recycled from a dismantled circle called Waun Mawn in the … Read more