Feb. 18, 2025 — New esearch shows Aotearoa has been increasingly accepting new bird species from around the world since the start of the Ice Age, offering clues into future migration ...

Sophisticated pyrotechnology in the Ice Age: This is how humans made fire tens of thousands of years ago Differences between the fireplaces indicate ingenious use Date: April 14, 2025 Source ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. To make it out of the last ice age alive, our ancestors needed a special set of skills. One of which was harnessing the power of ...

Rocky cliffs on Iceland's Coast (Image Credit: EricLiu08/Shutterstock) Though the collapse of the Roman Empire can be tied to a variety of factors, recent research has suggested that an ice age began ...

Researchers at theGray Fossil Site and Museum in northeastern Tennessee, have recently uncovered the remains of a 4.9-million-year-old giant flying squirrel ... during the Ice Ages, the world ...

Analysis of three hearths at a prehistoric site in Ukraine reveals that Ice Age humans used sophisticated pyrotechnology, primarily utilizing wood, and possibly bones and fat, as fuel.

Scholars generally agree that fire was crucial to human survival during the most recent Ice Age—yet in Europe, there is surprisingly little evidence of hearths from its coldest years ...

Fire was a lifeline for humans during the Ice Age. It cooked their food, lit up their nights, kept them warm, and helped them shape tools. But oddly enough, archaeologists have long struggled to find ...

If we want to make a fire, it’s simple. 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 ancestors do it? There actually isn’t ...

WEST BEND, Wis. — Mark Muellenbach has found his retirement paradise on the Ice Age Trail in Washington County, where he trades computer screens for pruning shears and digital mice for trail ...