The Earth’s magnetic North Pole is shifting. While this has been a gradual process for centuries, recent observations have ...

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

About 41,000 years ago, Homo sapiens may have survived increased solar radiation caused by a weakening magnetic field by ...

The team found that the North Pole wandered over Europe when the magnetic field's poles started to flip positions, a natural process that has happened around 180 times over Earth's geological history.

Scientists released an updated version of the World Magnetic Model (WMM) because they needed to adapt to these continuous alterations in navigational systems across the globe. People use the model to ...

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

during which the magnetic North Pole began to shift over Europe and dropped down near the equator, New Scientist reports. During the Laschamps excursion, Earth's magnetic field weakened to about ...

A new explanation has emerged for why Homo sapiens survived in Europe and North Asia when the apparently better-adapted ...

The couple said they wanted to push boundaries, travelling 29,000km through 14 countries across three continents during the ...

ANN ARBOR—Ancient Homo sapiens may have benefitted from sunscreen, tailored clothes and the use of caves during the shifting of the magnetic North Pole over Europe about 41,000 years ago ...