What I find fascinating isn't simply that this study connects the wandering poles with the survival of humans vs the extinction of Neanderthals - but also for something it doesn't mention, which is the sudden appearance of cave art around the same time. It makes me wonder if there wasn't a change in world beliefs that would have accompanied the onset of constant auroras at the time, which caused early humans to think on new ways of expressing their place in the world.
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Earth's magnetic pole shift: Sunscreen, clothes and caves may have helped Homo sapiens survive 41,000 years ago
Ancient Homo sapiens may have benefited from sunscreen, tailored clothes and the use of caves during the shifting of the magnetic North Pole over Europe about 41,000 years ago, new University of Michigan research shows.