Paleontologists led by Dr Jelle Zijlstra from Harvard’s Peabody Museum have discovered a new genus and species of tarsier that lived in what is modern-day Pakistan during Miocene, between 18 and 16 million years ago. Extant tarsier species: Philippine Tarsier (Tarsius syrichta). Image credit: Jasper Greek Golangco. Tarsiers are small, nocturnal, predaceous primates found only in the islands of southeast Asia, including Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, and Philippines. They are intermediate in form between lemurs and monkeys, measuring up to 15 cm long and weighing 100 – 150 g. These primates have very large eyes, elongated hind legs and feet, a thin…
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Cristiano Ronaldo’s former girlfriend Irina Shayk was once asked how the Portuguese icon felt about her chemistry with Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson. Cristiano Ronaldo has established himself as one of the best footballers of this generation. During his illustrious career, he has won five Ballon d’Or awards, as well as a plethora of trophies for club and country. While a lot of attention is paid to what the forward does on the pitch, his private life is constantly in the limelight as well. A lot has thus been said about his ongoing relationship with Georgina Rodriguez. Ronaldo’s private life was also often the subject…
A well-preserved 6 to 4 million-year-old skull of a previously unknown species of prehistoric snow leopard from Tibet is the oldest big cat fossil ever found, according to paleontologists from China, Canada and the United States. Life reconstruction of Panthera blytheae. Image credit: Mauricio Antón. “This find suggests that big cats have a deeper evolutionary origin than previously suspected,” said Dr Jack Tseng from the American Museum of Natural History in New York, who is the lead author of a paper reporting the discovery in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. DNA evidence suggested that the Pantherinae subfamily, including lions, jaguars, tigers,…
Angelina Jolie has been a Hollywood A-lister for years, appeared in over 40 movies, and won one of two Academy Awards she’s been nominated for. But, one famous director who worked with the star once said that he felt her looks were holding her back. Clint Eastwood and Jolie collaborated on the 2008 movie, Changeling, and while the director had nothing but positive things to say about the star, he did admit that he thought her beauty “hampered” her career. Read on to find out why. Jolie starred in one of Eastwood’s films. In 2008, Jolie starred in Changeling, which is based on a true…
Actor Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock), 43, has a love for animals. Recently, he donated $1,500 to help a dog with a heart condition. According to the GoFundMe page, the SPOT Animal Rescue Station! in Los Angeles – USA recently discovered an abandoned dog. After examining, they determined this dog had a congenital heart disease and needed urgent surgery at a cost of up to $ 5,000. A fundraising campaign took place on the GoFundMe page to help this poor dog. “The Rock” loves animals Dog with heart disease is waiting for surgery Upon hearing the news, “The Rock” did not hesitate to donate…
Angelina Jolie has asked Congress to support the Afghan Adjustment Act one day after the Taliban locked out women from universities and most education. Angelina Jolie is pleading with Congress to support the women of Afghanistan one day after Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers banned women from attending universities. She did so by sharing a heartbreaking letter from her “young Afghan friend” and encouraging Congress to support those affected. “I received a new letter today from my young Afghan friend. I’m protecting her name and identity for her and her family’s sake,” the 47-year-old actress began in her caption alongside the handwritten letter. “Today the…
If there’s anyone who can deliver an inspirational speech, Dwayne Johnson is the guy you need. We all know about his muscle pump, but when it comes to giving a pumping speech, he motivates like no other. Everyone flourishes with a patriotic feeling when it comes to supporting their nation. The former WWE star also showed his patriotism when his fellow countryfolk represented the US on such a big stage. The people’s champion had promised the USWNT coach, Jill Ellis, to send a motivating video to the team ahead of the biggest showdown. And just like that, Dwayne kept his word and gave an…
An international team of paleontologists has unearthed the earliest collection of fossilized dinosaur embryos to date, and discovered organic material inside the embryonic bones. Semitransparent flesh reconstruction of embryonic dinosaur inside egg, with skeleton (D. Mazierski) 190-million-year-old fossils were found near the city of Lufeng, in Yunnan, China. The great age of the embryos is unusual because almost all known dinosaur embryos are from the Cretaceous Period. The Cretaceous ended some 125 million years after the bones at the Lufeng site were buried and fossilized. The team excavated and analyzed over 200 bones from individuals at different stages of embryonic…
Angelina Jolie, the actress from Hollywood, was seen on a date for the first time in a considerable amount of time. The star was seen with a young actor from the United Kingdom. After going through the public spectacle of divorcing his wife, Brad Pitt isn’t the only celebrity to be working to improve his personal life. It was just revealed that the actor is romantically involved with the wellness coach Ines de Ramon (the couple even spent Christmas together). And Jolie made the decision to “respond” to her ex-husband, or at least that’s what the Daily Mail, which publishes…
Producer, actress and director Angelina Jolie praised her adopted son Pax Thien for his hard work as an assistant director on the set of “Without Blood” in Italy. Angelina Jolie is the director of the movie “Without Blood” – a work based on the novel of the same name by writer Alessandro Barrico published in 2002. She hires her two adopted sons,Pax Thien, 18 years old and Maddox, 21 years old joined the cast. The two work in the assistant director department, which means working alongside her, acting as the point of contact between her and other departments during the film’s…
The legal battle between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie has not come to an end, it is not clear who is right and who is wrong, but some people have ruled themselves as they did in the Depp – Heard case. The long legal battle between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. Photo: AP. The long legal battle between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. Photo: AP . Earlier this year, all eyes were on the defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. After a rowdy showdown like the TV series, Depp won and Heard was horribly mocked. Now, as the lengthy legal battle between…
The Hollywood star is in Australia to film her second movie as director. But what sort of welcome should she expect? Angelina Jolie arrives at Sydney airport with her children. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAPDavid LappinMon 9 Sep 2013 06.55 BST Angelina Jolie arrived in Sydney last Friday to direct the second world war film Unbroken. The movie, about Olympic track star Louie Zamperini, who survived shark attacks and internment in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp, is Jolie’s second directorial feature. Her first, In the Land of Blood and Honey, wasn’t seen by many. Paparazzi shots of her trip to Australia are likely to…