As the last Ice Age came to an end nearly 10,000 years ago, something unexpected happened deep beneath Earth’s surface. Large ...

Stone Age humans mastered fire technology during Earth’s harshest climate period 23,000 years ago, creating hearths that reached temperatures of 600°C—comparable to modern campfires.

But how did our Ice Age ancestors do it? There actually isn’t much in the archaeological record to help answer that question. “We know that fire was widespread before and after this period, but there ...

"We know that fire was widespread before and after this period, but there is little evidence from the height of the Ice Age," explained William Murphree, a geoarchaeologist at the University of ...

Geological evidence, for example, suggests that the island underwent a period of intense volcanic activity at the end of the last Ice Age, which has since quieted down. Enhanced spreading at the ...

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 ...

That cold spell was the start of what has now been called the Late Antique Little Ice Age—a cold period that lasted for approximately 200 to 300 years. Some historians have speculated that the ...

But just how severe was this Late Antique Little Ice Age? Pretty severe, the new Geology study finds ... the study authors traced the zircons’ origins to Greenland and to time periods between 0.5 ...

Giant icebergs the size of Norwich were drifting off the coast of Britain during the last ice age, according to a new study that has uncovered their existence. The underbelly of massive "tabular ...

New research, however, suggests this drift can speed up or slow down over relatively short time periods. Around 10,000 years ago as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent ...