the Ice Age
noun
: the most recent time in the past when a large part of the world was covered with ice
a valley formed during the Ice Age
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Sharing Tool-Making Knowledge in the Ice Age Archaeologists working in the cave overlooking the ocean.
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
Unlike modern bison, the giant bison had a much larger and more robust frame, likely an adaptation to the colder, harsher climate of the Ice Age.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
These changes gave the pups traits like larger bodies and longer, fuller, light-colored fur, traits believed to have helped dire wolves survive cold climates during the Ice Age.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2025
And that was just during the Ice Age from about 11,700 to 2 million years ago, when mammoths, mastodons and several other forms of elephant were common parts of ecosystems all across the planet.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
Unlike modern bison, the giant bison had a much larger and more robust frame, likely an adaptation to the colder, harsher climate of the Ice Age.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
These changes gave the pups traits like larger bodies and longer, fuller, light-colored fur, traits believed to have helped dire wolves survive cold climates during the Ice Age.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2025
And that was just during the Ice Age from about 11,700 to 2 million years ago, when mammoths, mastodons and several other forms of elephant were common parts of ecosystems all across the planet.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
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