How the mouse came to live alongside humans

Mice have been living alongside humans for 15,000 years, according to fossil evidence.

This is earlier than previously thought - and predates the dawn of agriculture.

Scientists believe wild mice crept into settlements in the Levant (Eastern Mediterranean) region to steal wild grains and seeds that ancient people had gathered and stored.

The rodents became what we know today as house mice, enjoying free food and shelter in human homes.

"Nowadays, thanks to this relationship, house mice have colonised almost every corner of the globe to become almost as ubiquitous as humans and also one of the most invasive mammalian species," said Dr Thomas Cucchi of Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.

His research is based on studies of teeth from the remains of rodents found in the -read more

Evidence of ancient 'geological Brexit' revealed

The UK has now started the formal process of leaving the EU, but scientists say they have evidence of a much earlier "Brexit".

They have worked out how a thin strip of land that once connected ancient Britain to Europe was destroyed.

The researchers believe a large lake overflowed 450,000 years ago, damaging the land link, then a later flood fully opened the Dover Strait.

The scars of these events can be found on the seabed of the English Channel.

The study is published in the journal Nature Communications.

Professor Sanjeev Gupta, who led the study, from Imperial College London, said: "This was really one of the defining events for north west Europe - and certainly the defining event in Britain's history.

"This chance geological event, if it hadn't happened, would have meant Britain was always connected to the continent."-read more

Holsworthy local karate club gesar karate makes me proud to be a student

Best ever results for Holsworthy Karate Club at Birmingham
Holsworthy Karate Club’s stars who managed to bring back four medals from the European Karate Organisation Championships held in Birmingham last month.
Holsworthy Karate Club’s stars who managed to bring back four medals from the European Karate Organisation Championships held in Birmingham last month.
HOLSWORTHY Karate Club enjoyed a fantastic day out at the European Karate Organisation Championships in Birmingham last month.
In total they collected four medals, two silvers and two bronze, as the club enjoyed one of their best ever days.
Instructor, Sensei Hjalmar Dentlinger, was extremely proud of his students, saying: “I’m extremely proud of everyone associated with Holsworthy Karate Club. It’s the best we’ve ever done. I was hoping for about two bronze medals but for us to get four means so much to us and we surpassed our expectations, especially the juniors.
“We’ve got lots of very talented students and most of them are destined to go onto bigger and better things. A lot of them are very young so they should keep on improving.
“The youngest to compete, Storm Piercy, did extremely well. She’s only eight and it was her first ever competition.?She got through the first round which was amazing. She puts in alot of hard work and she has so much time on her side.
“Also my assistant instructor Dan Hunt is aiming to qualify for the World Championships and he’s getting better and better all the time so he’s another one to watch.”
The students that competed are as follows:
Storm Piercey (aged 8, 6th kyu blue belt) — over 8 and under 12 kata category; Amber Dentlinger (9, 2nd kyu brown belt) — over 8 and under 12 kata category (bronze) & over 10 & under 12 kumite; Joshua Dentlinger (10, 1st dan black belt) — over 8 under 12 kata, over 10 & the under 16 under 4’9" kumite (Silver); Samantha Dentlinger (1st kyu brown belt) — women’s kata & women’s kumite; Lee Buckingham (21 — 8th kyu yellow belt), Jordy Daley (24 — kyu yellow belt) & Keith Martin (22, 8th kyu yellow belt) — all competed in the adult male under brown kata (Martin — Bronze) under brown kumite and team kumite; Mark Hardwick (17, 1st Dan black belt) adult male above brown kata; Dan Hunt (21, 1st dan black belt) — adult male above brown kata & brown kumite; Sensei Hjalmar Dentlinger (4th dan) — adult male above brown kata and kumite; Hardwick, Hunt and Sensei Dentlinger also competed in team kumite where they finished second.
Sensei Dentlinger puts the success down to a small but tight-knit group and the students willingness to learn.
He added: “We train very very hard when we do train but it’s also a very fun club where everyone is very welcoming. We’re like a community within the club and we would like to grow as much as we can. We train at the community college and the leisure centre so there’s opportunties for everyone.
“We can help you install self-confidence and a belief that anything is possible as well as the obvious skills that learning karate can teach you.”
For further information on Holsworthy Karate Club and to find out when they train, please contact Dentlinger on 07780877721 or email him at
h.dentlinger@yahoo.com

Human skull hole evolved 2 walking legs

https://in.news.yahoo.com/human-skull-hole-evolved-walking-two-legs-063804221.html

Humpback whale news

http://wtvr.com/2017/03/19/humpback-whales-behaving-oddly-south-africa/

Water bears

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/science/tardigrades-water-bears-dried-out.html

M.R.I TEST UNCOOL

Today at north devon  district hospital i had to have a m.r.i test to look  at problems involved in mý neck problem and my mild small vessel disease in my brain.The test was alright at first as had a way to see out so less confined but the next part of test was thr hardest as was then moved right inside scanner which felt like being trapped in a coffin alive and on 2 occasions i was nearly blanking out,scary ,hopefully will not have to wait for results to long then off to see specialist. Read more. ..
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/procedures/examinations/a1161/mri-scan/