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Sunscreen, clothes and caves may have helped Homo sapiens survive 41,000 years ago

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University of Michigan study suggests Homo sapiens may have benefited from use of sunscreen, tailored clothes and the use of caves during the shifting of the magnetic North Pole over Europe 41,000 years ago .

Neanderthals, on the other hand, appear to have lacked these technologies.

The Laschamps excursion coincided with periods of change for groups of humans living on the planet.

Neanderthals and Homo sapiens coexisted in Europe until about 40,000 years ago .

Clothing may have been a contributing factor, says Raven Garvey , U-M associate professor of anthropology.

Clothing could have provided another unintended benefit -- protection from sun damage.

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