The last change in Earth's magnetic field, known as the Laschamps excursion, occurred around 40,000 to 42,000 years ago, ...

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

Additionally, ancient humans may have ramped up their use of ochre. This naturally occurring pigment is composed of iron ...

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 ...

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

You’ll guess that two of them are true North, pointing to the North Pole, and magnetic North, pointing to the Earth’s north magnetic field, but how about the third? It’s grid North — the ...

Earth's magnetic north pole has been leading scientists on something of a wild goose chase. Over the last 40 years, the spot toward which all our compasses point has moved by an average of about ...

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

New research from the University of Michigan suggests that early Homo sapiens may have survived this event by using clever ...