A new study suggests the extinction of Neanderthals nearly coincided with a shift in Earth's magnetic field that let more ...

Imagine standing face-to-face with a Neanderthal, looking into eyes that reflect a world both alien and achingly familiar.

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

The story of how Earth’s magnetic field once collapsed, solar radiation went wild, and humans adapted with prehistoric ...

Scientists say tailored clothes, ochre-based sunscreen, and cave shelter helped Homo sapiens survive a magnetic shift 41,000 ...

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

Earth's Northern Lights typically dance near the poles, but 41,000 years ago, they lit up skies over North Africa and ...

Studying human evolution involves piecing together scattered clues about how we survived against tough odds. One of the ...

A fossil jawbone found off Taiwan has been confirmed as Denisovan using ancient protein analysis, revealing they lived in ...

Until now, the earliest known ivory artifacts came from the Upper Paleolithic, between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago. A few ...