The unearthing of a 50,000-year-old baby mammoth in Siberia is not just a scientific curiosity—it’s a profound invitation to reconsider our understanding of extinction, preservation, and climate ...

What did early humans like to eat? The answer, according to a team of archaeologists in Argentina, is extinct megafauna, such as giant sloths and giant armadillos. In a study published in the journal ...

An archaeological study of human settlement during the Final Palaeolithic revealed that populations in Europe did not decrease homogenously during the last cold phase of the Ice Age. Significant ...

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With a new sequel on the horizon, the original 2002 Ice Age has stormed back into the global Top 10, climbing charts worldwide.

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"Such a transition to a glacial state in 10,000 years' time is very unlikely to happen, because human emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere have already diverted the climate from its natural ...