Banksy, Boffins & Blistering Sunburn!

Recent investigation suggests that canny cavemen for illustration Fred Flintstone protected themselves from vulnerable ultraviolet ray from nan sun by surviving successful caves, wearing protective clothing and utilizing “prehistoric sunscreen”. Reportedly, real-life Flintstones slathered themselves successful ochre – a people occurring pigment pinch sun-protective properties composed of robust oxide, clay and silica.

In fact, ochre had already been utilized by Neanderthals complete clip for coating cave walls aliases moreover assemblage decoration and objects – for illustration nan reddish ochre dot precocious discovered connected a stone adjacent Segovia. (Though immoderate mightiness reason that peculiar dot, aliases fingerprint, is nan activity of a Neanderthal Banksy – pinch each nan hallmarks of his searing wit, scathing satire and prescient governmental insight!)

Boffins believe early humans smothered themselves successful ochre during nan shifting of nan magnetic North Pole complete Europe 41,000 years ago, which allowed much harmful star radiation, including ultraviolet light, to scope nan Earth’s surface.

On apical of each that, boffins reckon nan Stone Age sun protection helped real-life Flintstones past and dispersed passim Europe and Asia, and they whitethorn person benefitted from surviving successful caves and moreover tailored clothing too. But rival Neanderthals lacked nan technologies to protect themselves from star radiation and vanished astir that time.

So, early humans adapted by utilizing ochre SPF, seeking shelter successful caves and processing much clothing – successful nan latest tailored ‘Cave Man’ style. Reality IS alien than fiction!

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