Tag: Ice age
Ice age bison fossils shed light on early human migrations in...
The steppe bison had much larger horns than modern bison. Radiocarbon dating and DNA analysis of bison fossils enabled researchers to track the migration...
‘Pristine’ landscapes haven’t existed for thousands of years due to human...
It has been thousands of years since the Earth had pristine landscapes. A new article identifies four major phases when humans shaped the world...
Evidence of ice age at Martian north pole
Combining Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter radar data with images of Mars' north pole, a Southwest Research Institute team found evidence for an ice age on...
A history of snowfall on Greenland, hidden in ancient leaf waxes
A new study uses aquatic leaf waxes to study the history of precipitation at this lake in western Greenland.
Credit: Jason Briner
The history of Greenland's...
