Sunscreen and shelter strategies may have shielded early humans from solar radiation

Madrid. Homo sapiens may have developed techniques to protect itself from harmful solar radiation due to the displacement of the magnetic North Pole over Europe some 41,000 years ago.

The sunscreen, tailor-made clothing and the use of caves may have helped Homo sapiens during the displacement of the magnetic north pole to Europe some 41,000 years ago. In fact, these ‘technologies’ could have protected from the harmful solar radiation to Homo sapiens living in Europe. Neanderthals, on the other hand, seem to have disappeared from them and disappeared some 40,000 years ago. This is what emerges from a study carried out by resea…

Anthropologists want to find out why Neanderthals died out and survived Homo sapiens. According to a recent study, there is a new theory that deals with the harmful effects of the sun 41,000 years ago and protection from it.

About 41,000 years ago, UV exposure was more dangerous than today. Clothes, caves and an early sunscreen could have helped Homo sapiens through the radiation-intensive time Why has Homo sapiens prevailed in evolution and the Neanderthal has disappeared from the image surface? Perhaps an early precursor of today's sunscreen could have played a surprising role, as researchers report in the journal "Science Advances".A team from the University of M…

Sunscreen and shelter strategies may have shielded early humans from solar radiation

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 22, 2025 Ancient Homo sapiens likely gained a survival edge during a magnetic upheaval 41,000 years ago by adopting innovative methods of sun protection, including tailored clothing, cave habitation, and the topical use of ochre, according to new research from the University of Michigan. This study, published in Science Advances and spearheaded by experts in engineering and anthropology, suggests t

The ancient Homo sapiens could have developed techniques to protect themselves from harmful solar radiation by the displacement of the magnetic North Pole over Europe about 41,000 years ago. ...