Grab some wood from the corner store, set it up in your backyard fire pit, and strike a match. But how did our Ice Age ...

Around 10,000 years ago, as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading ...

The last ice age ended about 10,000 years ago ... Homo erectus appeared in Africa at the start of the period, and as time marched on the hominid line evolved bigger brains and higher intelligence.

By studying three prehistoric hearths in Ukraine, a team of researchers has gained new insight into how fire was used during the Ice Age’s harshest period. As detailed in a study published ...

Yet a lack of evidence from the coldest part of the ice age has prevented scientists from saying how. “We know that fire was widespread before and after this period, but there is little evidence ...

intense cold periods, like the Younger Dryas. This brief cold snap interrupted the warming trend at the end of the last ice age and remains a topic of great interest to climate scientists.

That seemingly simple question has sparked a new battle between geologists and environmental advocates over what to call the time period we ... after the last major ice age. But that label is ...

Theories include poor management, pressure from Germanic people, the rise of Christianity, overpopulation, worsening defenses—and even the unfortunate timing of a brief ice ... age and composition of ...

New research reveals that post-ice age sea levels rose over a meter per century during key periods and totaled about 38 ...

When it comes to the fall of the Roman Empire, this climate shift may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back.” ...

This period of intense, rapid cooling, known as the Late Antique Little Ice Age, coincided with the crumbling of Roman power. Researchers suggest this climatic shift may have been the final blow ...