comedian dom joly proved he still had work to do on his diving despite training from tom daley , after making a real splash in the round-the-world volvo ocean race in brazil . the 47-year-old was invited to join other international celebrity guests onboard boats in the six-strong fleet for the start of the sixth leg , from itajaí to newport , rhode island , u.s. . as the fleet headed out of harbour , the guests all jumped off the vessels . joly , who is also a travel writer , shone with a flying leap off race leaders abu dhabi ocean racing 's boat , skippered by his compatriot , ian walker . dom joly soars like a bird as he leaps from the yacht in brazilian waters . but the action turns more into a jump than a dive as the water comes nearer . it 's feet first on this one as the comedian plunges into the depths . earlier , joly said he was a dab hand at diving after being trained in the sport by britain 's olympic medallist , tom daley , for tv show splash ! however this jump was more ` tourist abroad ' than diving expert . the daredevil joly earlier climbed the 30-metre -lrb- 100-foot -rrb- mast of the racing boat for a special ` selfie ' pic before it set out to sea . the volvo ocean race started last october from alicante , spain and is currently in its sixth leg . it will visit 11 ports in total and cover 38,739 miles before finishing in gothenburg , sweden , on june 27 . the comedian and travel writer joined up with team abu dhabi ocean racing for the world yacht race . by . damien gayle . published : . 15:10 est , 4 february 2013 . | . updated : . 08:30 est , 5 february 2013 . we missed him : analysis of neanderthal bones using new carbon dating techniques shows they could never have coexisted with humans . neanderthals and the ancestors of modern humans never co-existed , according to a new study which , if correct , could rewrite conventional accounts of our species early history . the study suggests that our evolutionary cousins became extinct in their last refuge in spain much earlier than previously thought . previous dating of bone fossils found at neanderthal sites in the region put the youngest at about 35,000 years . now researchers from australia and europe have re-examined the bones using an improved method to filter out contamination and concluded that the remains are actually about 15,000 years older . if true , the study casts doubt on the idea that modern humans and neanderthals co-existed - and possibly even interbred - for millennia . dom joly climbed the mast for an impressive selfie in brazil - but then claimed he was stuck . the boats are expected to take around 17-20 days to reach newport , the seventh port to host the race . no british sailor has won the 41-year-old race , which was originally launched in portsmouth as the whitbread round the world race . the race started on october 4 , 2014 , day of the first in-port race in alicante , spain , and will finish with one last in-port race on june 27 , 2015 in gothenburg , the swedish home of volvo . dom joly is pictured walking out with the rest of the abu dhabi team . the 38,739-nautical mile route will include stopovers in cape town -lrb- south africa -rrb- , abu dhabi -lrb- uae -rrb- , sanya -lrb- china -rrb- , auckland -lrb- new zealand -rrb- , itajaí -lrb- brazil -rrb- , newport -lrb- rhode island , us -rrb- , lisbon -lrb- portugal -rrb- and lorient -lrb- france -rrb- . a 24-hour pit-stop in the hague is scheduled between france and sweden . the previous volvo ocean race started in october 2011 in alicante and was won by groupama sailing team , skippered by frenchman franck cammas , in july 2012 . humans are n't believed to have settled in the region until 42,000 years ago , but the new dating has neanderthals disappearing from there around 50,000 years ago . ` the results of our study suggest that there are major problems with the dating of the last neanderthals in modern-day spain , ' said thomas higham , deputy director of the radiocarbon accelerator unit at oxford university . ` it is unlikely that neanderthals survived any later in this area than they did elsewhere in mainland europe . ' the study , which was published today by the journal proceedings of the national academy of sciences , does not completely exclude the possibility that neanderthals survived until 35,000 years ago . the problem is that the warm climate on the iberian peninsula quickly degrades a key protein used in so-called radiocarbon dating . the researchers were only able to test bones from two of the 11 known neanderthal sites in spain . they were subjected to a new method called ` ultrafiltration . ' this removes more recent carbon molecules that have contaminated the bones and made them appear younger than they actually are . much older : the study casts doubt on the idea that modern humans and neanderthals co-existed - and possibly even interbred - for millennia . humans living 40,000 years ago in the area around beijing were already genetically distinct from the ancestors of modern europeans , dna analysis has found . an international team of researchers sequenced dna that had been extracted from the leg of an early modern human from tianyuan cave near to the chinese capital . analyses showed that the tianyuan human shared a common origin with the ancestors of many present-day asians and native americans - but had already diverged genetically from ancient europeans . the researchers also found that the proportion of neanderthal and denisovan dna in the early modern human was no higher than in the present day population of this region . researchers with the max planck institute for evolutionary anthropology in leipzig , germany , took nuclear and mitochondrial dna from a 40,000 year old leg bone unearthed at the tianyuan cave in 2003 . study leader svante pääbo said : ` this individual lived during an important evolutionary transition when early modern humans , who shared certain features with earlier forms such as neanderthals , were replacing neanderthals and denisovans . ' such techniques often lead to older . radiocarbon dates , said chris stringer , a senior research fellow at . britain 's natural history museum . ` science moves on and technology moves . on , ' he said . mr stringer , who was not involved in the study , said the new techniques should now be applied to other sites in spain . ` until this is done , there must be a significant question mark over the possible late survival of neanderthals in the region . ' if the remains from the other sites , too , turn out to be older , any encounter between neanderthals and humans would have to have taken place earlier than previously thought , he said . ` evidence from britain , belgium , france , germany and italy is increasingly pointing to a modern human presence before 40,000 years ago , ' said mr stringer . ` the new chronology suggests that any interaction between the last neanderthals and the earliest moderns in europe will similarly move before , rather than after , 40,000 years . ' there is also the chance that neanderthals survived longer in other corners of europe , said rachel e. wood of the australian national university in canberra , a co-author of the study . ` there are some other possible areas that may have also acted as a refuge for the species , such as the caucasus , but the `` young '' radiocarbon dates in these areas have also found to be problematic , ' she said .
the travel writer joins up with the abu dhabi ocean racing team . the volvo ocean race is currently taking on the next stage in brazil . joly was trained by tom daley in tv hit splash ! back in 2013 , but seems to have forgotten some key tips .
comedian dom joly proved he still had work to do on his diving despite training from tom daley , after making a real splash in the round-the-world volvo ocean race in brazil . the 47-year-old was invited to join other international celebrity guests onboard boats in the six-strong fleet for the start of the sixth leg , from itajaí to newport , rhode island , u.s. . as the fleet headed out of harbour , the guests all jumped off the vessels . joly , who is also a travel writer , shone with a flying leap off race leaders abu dhabi ocean racing 's boat , skippered by his compatriot , ian walker . dom joly soars like a bird as he leaps from the yacht in brazilian waters . but the action turns more into a jump than a dive as the water comes nearer . it 's feet first on this one as the comedian plunges into the depths . earlier , joly said he was a dab hand at diving after being trained in the sport by britain 's olympic medallist , tom daley , for tv show splash ! however this jump was more ` tourist abroad ' than diving expert . the daredevil joly earlier climbed the 30-metre -lrb- 100-foot -rrb- mast of the racing boat for a special ` selfie ' pic before it set out to sea . the volvo ocean race started last october from alicante , spain and is currently in its sixth leg . it will visit 11 ports in total and cover 38,739 miles before finishing in gothenburg , sweden , on june 27 . the comedian and travel writer joined up with team abu dhabi ocean racing for the world yacht race . by . damien gayle . published : . 15:10 est , 4 february 2013 . | . updated : . 08:30 est , 5 february 2013 . we missed him : analysis of neanderthal bones using new carbon dating techniques shows they could never have coexisted with humans . neanderthals and the ancestors of modern humans never co-existed , according to a new study which , if correct , could rewrite conventional accounts of our species early history . the study suggests that our evolutionary cousins became extinct in their last refuge in spain much earlier than previously thought . previous dating of bone fossils found at neanderthal sites in the region put the youngest at about 35,000 years . now researchers from australia and europe have re-examined the bones using an improved method to filter out contamination and concluded that the remains are actually about 15,000 years older . if true , the study casts doubt on the idea that modern humans and neanderthals co-existed - and possibly even interbred - for millennia . dom joly climbed the mast for an impressive selfie in brazil - but then claimed he was stuck . the boats are expected to take around 17-20 days to reach newport , the seventh port to host the race . no british sailor has won the 41-year-old race , which was originally launched in portsmouth as the whitbread round the world race . the race started on october 4 , 2014 , day of the first in-port race in alicante , spain , and will finish with one last in-port race on june 27 , 2015 in gothenburg , the swedish home of volvo . dom joly is pictured walking out with the rest of the abu dhabi team . the 38,739-nautical mile route will include stopovers in cape town -lrb- south africa -rrb- , abu dhabi -lrb- uae -rrb- , sanya -lrb- china -rrb- , auckland -lrb- new zealand -rrb- , itajaí -lrb- brazil -rrb- , newport -lrb- rhode island , us -rrb- , lisbon -lrb- portugal -rrb- and lorient -lrb- france -rrb- . a 24-hour pit-stop in the hague is scheduled between france and sweden . the previous volvo ocean race started in october 2011 in alicante and was won by groupama sailing team , skippered by frenchman franck cammas , in july 2012 . humans are n't believed to have settled in the region until 42,000 years ago , but the new dating has neanderthals disappearing from there around 50,000 years ago . ` the results of our study suggest that there are major problems with the dating of the last neanderthals in modern-day spain , ' said thomas higham , deputy director of the radiocarbon accelerator unit at oxford university . ` it is unlikely that neanderthals survived any later in this area ' there is also the chance that neanderthals survived longer in other corners of europe , said rachel e. wood of the australian national university in canberra , a co-author of the study . ` there are some other possible areas that may have also acted as a refuge for the species , such as the caucasus , but the `` young '' radiocarbon dates in these areas have also found to be problematic , ' she said .
comedian dom joly proved he still had work to do on his diving despite training from tom daley , after making a real splash in the round-the-world volvo ocean race in brazil . the 47-year-old was invited to join other international celebrity guests onboard boats in the six-strong fleet for the start of the sixth leg , from itajaí to newport , rhode island , u.s. . as the fleet headed out of harbour , the guests all jumped off the vessels . joly , who is also a travel writer , shone with a flying leap off race leaders abu dhabi ocean racing 's boat , skippered by his compatriot , ian walker . dom joly soars like a bird as he leaps from the yacht in brazilian waters . but the action turns more into a jump than a dive as the water comes nearer . it 's feet first on this one as the comedian plunges into the depths . earlier , joly said he was a dab hand at diving after being trained in the sport by britain 's olympic medallist , tom daley , for tv show splash ! however this jump was more ` tourist abroad ' than diving expert . the daredevil joly earlier climbed the 30-metre -lrb- 100-foot -rrb- mast of the racing boat for a special ` selfie ' pic before it set out to sea . the volvo ocean race started last october from alicante , spain and is currently in its sixth leg . it will visit 11 ports in total and cover 38,739 miles before finishing in gothenburg , sweden , on june 27 . the comedian and travel writer joined up with team abu dhabi ocean racing for the world yacht race . by . damien gayle . published : . 15:10 est , 4 february 2013 . | . updated : . 08:30 est , 5 february 2013 . we missed him : analysis of neanderthal bones using new carbon dating techniques shows they could never have coexisted with humans . neanderthals and the ancestors of modern humans never co-existed , according to a new study which , if correct , could rewrite conventional accounts of our species early history . the study suggests that our evolutionary cousins became extinct in their last refuge in spain much earlier than previously thought . previous dating of bone fossils found at neanderthal sites in the region put the youngest at about 35,000 years . now researchers from australia and europe have re-examined the bones using an improved method to filter out contamination and concluded that the remains are actually about 15,000 years older . if true , the study casts doubt on the idea that modern humans and neanderthals co-existed - and possibly even interbred - for millennia . dom joly climbed the mast for an impressive selfie in brazil - but then claimed he was stuck . the boats are expected to take around 17-20 days to reach newport , the seventh port to host the race . no british sailor has won the 41-year-old race , which was originally launched in portsmouth as the whitbread round the world race . the race started on october 4 , 2014 , day of the first in-port race in alicante , spain , and will finish with one last in-port race on june 27 , 2015 in gothenburg , the swedish home of volvo . dom joly is pictured walking out with the rest of the abu dhabi team . the 38,739-nautical mile route will include stopovers in cape town -lrb- south africa -rrb- , abu dhabi -lrb- uae -rrb- , sanya -lrb- china -rrb- , auckland -lrb- new zealand -rrb- , itajaí -lrb- brazil -rrb- , newport -lrb- rhode island , us -rrb- , lisbon -lrb- portugal -rrb- and lorient -lrb- france -rrb- . a 24-hour pit-stop in the hague is scheduled between france and sweden . the previous volvo ocean race started in october 2011 in alicante and was won by groupama sailing team , skippered by frenchman franck cammas , in july 2012 . humans are n't believed to have settled in the region until 42,000 years ago , but the new dating has neanderthals disappearing from there around 50,000 years ago . ` the results of our study suggest that there are major problems with the dating of the last neanderthals in modern-day spain , ' said thomas higham , deputy director of the radiocarbon accelerator unit at oxford university . ` it is unlikely that neanderthals survived any later in this area applied to other sites in spain . ` until this is done , there must be a significant question mark over the possible late survival of neanderthals in the region . ' if the remains from the other sites , too , turn out to be older , any encounter between neanderthals and humans would have to have taken place earlier than previously thought , he said . ` evidence from britain , belgium , france , germany and italy is increasingly pointing to a modern human presence before 40,000 years ago , ' said mr stringer . ` the new chronology suggests that any interaction between the last neanderthals and the earliest moderns in europe will similarly move before , rather than after , 40,000 years . ' there is also the chance that neanderthals survived longer in other corners of europe , said rachel e. wood of the australian national university in canberra , a co-author of the study . ` there are some other possible areas that may have also acted as a refuge for the species , such as the caucasus , but the `` young '' radiocarbon dates in these areas have also found to be problematic , ' she said .
comedian dom joly proved still work his diving despite training from tom daley, after making a real splash round- volvo ocean race brazil the 47 was invited other international celebrity guests onboard boats the six-strong fleet for the start the sixth leg, from itajaí to newport rhode u.s as the fleet headed harbour, the guests all jumped off the vessels. joly, who a travel writer, shone with a flying leap off race leaders abu dhabi ocean racing 's boat, skippered by his compatriot ian walker dom joly soars like as leaps the yacht brazilian waters. but the action turns more into a jump as the water comes nearer. it 's feet first on this one as the comedian plunges. earlier, joly said he a dab hand at diving after being trained, tom daley for tv show splash! however this jump more ` tourist abroad diving expert the daredevil joly earlier climbed 30 -lrb- 100-foot -rrb- mast the racing boat for a special ` selfie ' pic before set out. the volvo ocean race started last october from alicante, spain is currently its sixth leg. it will visit 11 ports total cover 38,739 miles before finishing gothenburg, sweden on june 27. the comedian travel writer joined up team abu dhabi ocean racing the world yacht. by. damien gayle. published :. 15:10 est, 4 february. |. updated :. 08:30 est, 5 february. we missed him : analysis neanderthal bones using new carbon dating techniques shows they could never. neanderthals and the ancestors never co, according which, if rewrite conventional accounts our species early the study suggests our evolutionary cousins became extinct their last refuge spain much. previous dating of bone fossils neanderthal sites the region put youngest at. now researchers australia europe re the bones using an improved method filter contamination concluded actually about older. if true the study casts modern humans and co - possibly. dom joly climbed the mast for an impressive selfie in brazil - then claimed stuck. the boats expected take newport, the seventh port host. no british sailor has won the 41-year-old race, originally portsmouth as the whitbread round the world race the race started october 4,, day of first in-port alicante spain will finish with one last in june 27 in gothenburg the swedish home volvo dom joly is pictured walking out with the rest the abu dhabi team. the 38,739-nautical mile route will include stopovers cape town -lrb- south africa -rrb-, abu dhabi auckland itajaí newport -lrb- rhode island, lisbon portugal and lorient france. a 24-hour pit-stop the hague is scheduled between france sweden. the previous volvo ocean race started october in alicante and won groupama sailing team, skippered frenchman franck cammas in july. humans n't believed settled the region until 42,000, the new dating has neanderthals disappearing there around ` the results our study suggest there major problems the dating the last neanderthals modern-day spain, ' said thomas higham deputy director the radiocarbon accelerator unit oxford university ` it unlikely neanderthals survived any later this area they elsewhere mainland europe. ' the study, which today the journal proceedings the national academy does completely exclude neanderthals survived until. the problem the warm climate on the iberian peninsula quickly degrades a key protein used so radiocarbon. the researchers were only test bones two the 11 known neanderthal sites spain. they subjected a new method called ` ultrafiltration. ' this removes more recent carbon molecules that contaminated the bones made appear younger. much older : the study casts modern humans and co - possibly. humans living 40,000 in the area around beijing were already genetically distinct the ancestors modern europeans, dna analysis an international team sequenced dna that had extracted the leg an early modern human tianyuan cave near to the chinese capital. analyses showed the tianyuan human shared many present-day asians native americans - had already genetically ancient europeans. the researchers also the proportion neanderthal and denisovan dna in the early modern human no this region. researchers with the max planck institute evolutionary anthropology leipzig, took nuclear and mitochondrial dna a 40,000 year old leg bone unearthed tianyuan cave 2003 study leader svante pääbo said : ` this individual lived during an important evolutionary transition when early modern humans, who shared certain features earlier forms such replacing denisovans ' such techniques often older. radiocarbon dates, said chris stringer. britain 's natural history museum. ` science moves technology moves. on, ' he said. mr stringer, who not the study, the new techniques should now other sites spain. ` until this is, there must a significant question mark over the possible late survival neanderthals. ' if remains from the other sites, too, turn older, any encounter between neanderthals taken earlier previously he ` evidence from britain, belgium france italy is increasingly pointing a modern human presence before, ' said mr stringer ` the new chronology suggests any interaction the last neanderthals the earliest moderns in europe similarly move before, rather 40,000. ' there also the chance neanderthals survived longer other corners europe, said rachel e. wood of the australian national university canberra, a coauthor. ` there some other possible areas may also acted a refuge the species, such the caucasus but the `` young '' radiocarbon dates in have also found to problematic, ' she.
comedian dom joly proved he still had work to do on his diving despite training from tom daley , after making a real splash in the round-the-world volvo ocean race in brazil . the 47-year-old was invited to join other international celebrity guests onboard boats in the six-strong fleet for the start of the sixth leg , from itajaí to newport , rhode island , u.s. . as the fleet headed out of harbour , the guests all jumped off the vessels . joly , who is also a travel writer , shone with a flying leap off race leaders abu dhabi ocean racing 's boat , skippered by his compatriot , ian walker . dom joly soars like a bird as he leaps from the yacht in brazilian waters . but the action turns more into a jump than a dive as the water comes nearer . it 's feet first on this one as the comedian plunges into the depths . earlier , joly said he was a dab hand at diving after being trained in the sport by britain 's olympic medallist , tom daley , for tv show splash ! however this jump was more ` tourist abroad ' than diving expert . the daredevil joly earlier climbed the 30-metre -lrb- 100-foot -rrb- mast of the racing boat for a special ` selfie ' pic before it set out to sea . the volvo ocean race started last october from alicante , spain and is currently in its sixth leg . it will visit 11 ports in total and cover 38,739 miles before finishing in gothenburg , sweden , on june 27 . the comedian and travel writer joined up with team abu dhabi ocean racing for the world yacht race . by . damien gayle . published : . 15:10 est , 4 february 2013 . | . updated : . 08:30 est , 5 february 2013 . we missed him : analysis of neanderthal bones using new carbon dating techniques shows they could never have coexisted with humans . neanderthals and the ancestors of modern humans never co-existed , according to a new study which , if correct , could rewrite conventional accounts of our species early history . the study suggests that our evolutionary cousins became extinct in their last refuge in spain much earlier than previously thought . previous dating of bone fossils found at neanderthal sites in the region put the youngest at about 35,000 years . now researchers from australia and europe have re-examined the bones using an improved method to filter out contamination and concluded that the remains are actually about 15,000 years older . if true , the study casts doubt on the idea that modern humans and neanderthals co-existed - and possibly even interbred - for millennia . dom joly climbed the mast for an impressive selfie in brazil - but then claimed he was stuck . the boats are expected to take around 17-20 days to reach newport , the seventh port to host the race . no british sailor has won the 41-year-old race , which was originally launched in portsmouth as the whitbread round the world race . the race started on october 4 , 2014 , day of the first in-port race in alicante , spain , and will finish with one last in-port race on june 27 , 2015 in gothenburg , the swedish home of volvo . dom joly is pictured walking out with the rest of the abu dhabi team . the 38,739-nautical mile route will include stopovers in cape town -lrb- south africa -rrb- , abu dhabi -lrb- uae -rrb- , sanya -lrb- china -rrb- , auckland -lrb- new zealand -rrb- , itajaí -lrb- brazil -rrb- , newport -lrb- rhode island , us -rrb- , lisbon -lrb- portugal -rrb- and lorient -lrb- france -rrb- . a 24-hour pit-stop in the hague is scheduled between france and sweden . the previous volvo ocean race started in october 2011 in alicante and was won by groupama sailing team , skippered by frenchman franck cammas , in july 2012 . humans are n't believed to have settled in the region until 42,000 years ago , but the new dating has neanderthals disappearing from there around 50,000 years ago . ` the results of our study suggest that there are major problems with the dating of the last neanderthals in modern-day spain , ' said thomas higham , deputy director of the radiocarbon accelerator unit at oxford university . ` it is unlikely that neanderthals survived any later in this area
 The text describes the travels of comedian Dom Joly, who embarked on a journey around the world in a sailing boat called "Volvo Ocean Race". He started his journey from Alicante, Spain and sailed to various ports including Brazil, Rhode Island, and Sweden. During his journey, he participated in several ocean racing events and met with other sailors and celebrities. The article also mentions that Dom Joly is a writer and has written about his experiences during this trip.