Around 41,000 years ago, Earth’s magnetic field underwent a chaotic shift that temporarily weakened the planet’s natural ...

The production of tailored clothing and the use of ochre as a sunscreen may have given Homo sapiens an advantage over ...

Ochre clay used in body painting gave our ancestors protection against a rise in harmful UV radiation, say scientists ...

Ancient Homo sapiens may have benefited from sunscreen, tailored clothes and the use of caves during the shifting of the ...

Less good is the fact that Neanderthal DNA can leave individuals predisposed to developing skin lesions called keratoses, ...

Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct group of human cousins that interacted with Neanderthals and Homo ...

Modeling Earth's atmosphere and magnetic field from 41,000 years ago suggests how Homo sapiens' sun-fighting strategy helped ...

A study by Mukhopadhyay and his colleagues in institutions in the US and Europe has bolstered support for the idea that these ...