A 66-million-year-old gastropod fossil was found at a 5,000-year-old settlement in Ankara; ancient inhabitants may have brought it there | World News

PC: Anadolu Agency of Turkey A 66-million-year-old gastropod fossil has been discovered at an archaeological site in Ankara, Turkey. Excavators uncovered the fossil during work at Kulhoyuk in the Oyaca neighbourhood of Ankara’s Golbasi district. Researchers believe it dates to one of the final phases of the Tethys Sea, an ancient body of water that […]

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‘I still struggle’: Landlady recalls Saudi man who brought 9/11 hijackers to her office

Landlady recalls Saudi facilitator who brought 9/11 hijackers to her Holly Ratchford, who managed a residential complex in California’s San Diego where two of the 9/11 hijackers lived, has spoken publicly for the first time about her encounters with Saudi national Omar al-Bayoumi, who is accused of helping the two men before the attacks.Speaking to […]

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19th-century ships accidentally brought mice to islands 30 miles off San Francisco; they later reached densities of 1,270 per hectare and began reshaping the seabird ecosystem

The Farallon Islands Are Off Limits to Humans — but Not Wildlife Accidentally brought to the Farallon Islands by ships in the 19th century, non-native house mice have reached extremely high numbers, with densities of up to 1,270 mice per hectare. The rodents are disrupting the fragile ecosystem of the islands, located about 30 miles […]

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