New geological data has given more insight into the rate and magnitude of global sea level rise following the last ice age, ...

Ever wondered what prehistoric Britain was like ... It’s quite obvious… Ok, I’ll tell you… The Ice Age! Then it was warm. Then hot. Then cold again. Once that was out of the way humans ...

"This changes our ideas of the lives of the first settlers to move back into Britain after the end of the last ice age," Chantal Conneller from the University of Manchester said. "We used to think ...

It is actually home to Britain’s only known Ice Age cave art. These ancient drawings were created by early humans around 13,000 years ago, making them some of the oldest examples of art in the UK.

A team of archaeologists from the Universities of Chester and Manchester has made discoveries which shed new light on the communities who inhabited Britain after the end of the last Ice Age.

Dr Conneller said: "This changes our ideas of the lives of the first settlers to move back into Britain after the end of the last Ice Age. "We used to think they moved around a lot and left little ...

Between roughly 1550 and 1880, Britain was in the grip of what has become popularly known as the Little Ice Age — a period of intensely cold winters. Forget treetops glistening, frosts were ...

At times, conditions were warm enough for hippopotamuses to wallow in rivers. At others, Britain was gripped by severe cold stages and large ice sheets covered much of the landscape, with little life ...