ice age
Rock Evidence Upholds Snowball Earth Theory
These rock formations help to support the idea of a rapid Earth freeze over 700 million years ago.
Massive Comet Led To A Mini Ice Age, Researchers Say
The research team came to their hypothesis after analyzing rocks, lakes, and glaciers.
Thousands of Rare Artifacts Saved From Melting Glaciers
“This is sort of a dark archaeology, where we benefit from climate change that's making this ice melt."
First DNA Evidence of Early Native Americans Discovered
New evidence reveals a previously unrecorded indigenous population and poses a major challenge to existing theories about the earliest Americans.
Theory of America’s Earliest Humans Overturned
In a new review of the evidence, half a dozen prominent anthropologists have thrown their weight behind “the kelp highway hypothesis.”
Frequent Volcanic Eruptions Melted the Last Ice Age
At the time, volcanoes in Iceland were erupting 50 times more often than today.
The Evolution of a Tiny Skunk That Does Handstands
Western spotted skunks do handstands to make themselves appear more threatening.
Scientists Solve Mystery Extinction of Ice Age Giants
Melting glaciers turning land to bog was behind widespread extinctions of animals like the giant sloth and woolly mammoth between 15,000 and 11,000 years ago.