CAVEMEN SLAPPED ON SUN FACTOR 50

Ochre kept scorching rays at bay

- by JAMES 'CAVEMAN' CAVEN

CAVEMEN saved their skin from burning to a crisp by using “prehistoric sunscreen”, a study says.

Real-life Flintstones slathered themselves in ochre, a mineral that has sun-blocking properties.

Boffins believe the first modern humans did this during the shifting of the magnetic North Pole over Europe 41,000 years ago.