Steve Irwin poses with his family at Australia Zoo June 19, 2006 (Image: Getty)
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Robert Irwin told Express.co.uk: In this image I would hope to illustrate the fragility of our precious natural world. This was a deliberately lit fire left to burn out of control. Now, with climate change effecting weather patterns the world over we have experienced fire events like never before here in Australia and have seen it’s devastating impact on wildlife. This photo is a stark reminder of our responsibility to care for our planet.
Director of the Natural History Museum, Dr Doug Gurr, believes Robert Irwin’s image encapsulates one of the horrors of climate change.
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image captionThe Neanderthal specimens have some features that are more characteristic of modern human teeth
Prehistoric teeth unearthed at a site in Jersey reveal signs of interbreeding between Neanderthals and our own species, scientists say.
UK experts re-studied 13 teeth found between 1910 and 1911 at La Cotte de St Brelade in the island s south-west.
They were long regarded as being typical Neanderthal specimens, but the reassessment also uncovered features characteristic of modern human teeth.
The teeth may represent some of the last known Neanderthal remains.
As such, they might even yield clues to what caused the disappearance of our close evolutionary cousins.