ice age
Scientists Discover Oldest DNA Ever, Revealing 2 Million-Year-Old Lost World
The DNA is by far the oldest ever discovered, giving scientists an unprecedented glimpse of a lost ecosystem with "no modern analogue."
A Medieval Map Has Revealed the Location of a Lost ‘Atlantis,’ Study Says
The lost kingdom of Cantre’r Gwaelod in Wales is said to have sunk beneath the waves, and now researchers may have identified it.
Air Force Discovers Strange Disappearing ‘Ghost’ Footprints in Utah Desert
Archaeologists working for the Pentagon have discovered a set of 12,000-year-old footprints that appear and disappear.
Lost Ice Age Landscapes Buried Under the Seafloor Have Been Mapped by Scientists
Ancient meltwater channels entombed under the North Sea could help scientists understand modern climate change.
Different Breeds of Dogs Existed by End of Last Ice Age, Study Finds
Research shows that our best friend might be our oldest one too.
Archaeologists Uncovered a Mysterious Circle of Mammoth Bones
The ancient structure, a complete circle of bones from more than 60 mammoths, could have been used in rituals and for shelter.
Ancient Bone-Crushing Hyenas Roamed the Arctic During the Last Ice Age
Scientists identified fossilized teeth as belonging to hyenas, providing evidence of their lives in the arctic during the last ice age.
Scientists Discover Hidden Asteroid Crater Under a Mile of Greenland Ice
Research partially funded by Carlsberg beer company found an asteroid impact underneath Greenland’s Hiawatha Glacier.
Yukon Miners Dug Up a 50,000 Year Old Mummified Wolf Pup
The preserved corpses of an ice age wolf pup and caribou calf, dug up in 2016 in the Yukon, are on display in Dawson City.
The World’s Biggest Underwater Cave Is Full of Maya Bones and Artifacts
Mexico’s San Actun cave system contains pottery, bones of extinct giant sloths, and a 9,000-year-old human skull.
This Ecologist Finds Clues to Anthropocene Survival in Ice Age Extinctions
Whether she’s reconstructing the Pleistocene world or advocating for a more inclusive science community, Jacquelyn Gill is all about interdisciplinary approaches.
Unicorns Were Real and Ugly as Hell
According to new research, unicorn-like mammals roamed the earth with humans. We got a brony’s reaction to the news.