Study Links Human Adaptations to Survival During Ancient Magnetic Field Weakening

Research reveals how ‘sunscreen’ saved cavemen 40,000 years ago

Ancient homo sapiens may have benefitted from mineral-based sun protection, living in caves and even tailored clothing.

University of Michigan-led study suggests Homo sapiens used ochre sunscreen, tailored clothes, and caves to survive extreme solar radiation during a magnetic pole shift 41,000 years ago—advantages Neanderthals may have lacked

Our Ancestors Knew To Wear Sunscreen – It May Be How They Survived

40,000 years before the advice to wear sunscreen became a hit song, Homo sapiens were apparently onto it.

Ancient humans may have faced radiation risk 41,000 years ago

A weakening of Earth’s magnetic field known as the Laschamps event would have increased the threat of solar radiation, perhaps requiring ancient humans to invent protective measures

Sunscreen may have kept ancient humans alive during a polar reversal

When solar radiation increased, these techniques may have helped our species spread across Europe and Asia.

Wandering of the auroral oval 41,000 years ago