Imagine waking up one morning to a world where compasses point south instead of north, where auroras shimmer across the ...

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

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

The Earth's magnetic field is created deep within our ... Glatzmaier-Roberts computer model and see what happens during a reversal. —Rick Groleau ...

During a brief but dramatic chapter in Earth's history about 41,000 years ago, the planet’s magnetic field nearly collapsed.

A recent study led by the University of Michigan suggests that Homo sapiens who inhabited Europe around 41,000 years ago may ...

During the reversal, a gradual event that takes about ... which forms electrical currents that generate the magnetic field in a process called a dynamo. His team hopes to find out how Earth ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Reversals of the Earth's Magnetic Field ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 216 No. 2 (February 1967), p. 44 doi:10.1038 ...

The last full reversal, the Brunhes–Matuyama event, occurred 780,000 years ago. Around 41,000 years ago, the Laschamp event saw a brief but dramatic magnetic field reversal, lasting only 440 ...

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

Ochre clay used in body painting gave our ancestors protection against a rise in harmful UV radiation, say scientists ...