Sunscreen and Clothes Helped Humans Endure Earth’s Magnetic Shift 41,000 Years Ago

A magnetic shift 41,000 years ago triggered global auroras like the aurora australis. Credit: NASA Around 41,000 years ago, a powerful magnetic shift weakened Earth’s natural shield against space radiation, and early humans turned to simple survival tools – using ochre as a natural sunscreen, wearing protective clothes, and sheltering in caves – to endure the changing environment. This may have helped Homo sapiens survive – while Neanderthals vanished. The study, publishe