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

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

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

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

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

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A surprising archaeological discovery in southwest China is shaking up what scientists thought they knew about ancient humans ...

An international team of scientists has found a bone spear tip dating back between 80,000 and 70,000 years in the Mezmaiskaya cave, in the North Caucasus (Russia). What’s extraordinary about the ...

A group of researchers from Australia studied crystal formation on the surface of Mars to determine how the Martian environment evolved. What they found is multiple layers of these crystal structures ...

Dec. 12, 2024 — Few genomes have been sequenced from early modern humans, who first arrived in Europe when the region was already inhabited by Neanderthals. An international team has now ...