Recent Examples on the WebArchaeologists are using eDNA found in cave dirt to understand ancient human populations, while eDNA from cores of Arctic earth has revealed where mammoths and other ice age animals used to roam.—Katie Hunt, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024 However, things did not bode well for the species when this environment sustained changes around 700,000 years to 600,000 years ago, around the time of a ‘warm ice age’ that altered climate cycles.—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 12 Jan. 2024 The mammals have persisted through ice ages, periods of warming and tens of thousands of years of changes to their prey — not to mention a period of extensive human hunting.—Evan Bush, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2023 There could be many more—small, large, refreshed by groundwater or isolated by ice ages.—Rob L. Evans, Scientific American, 15 June 2023 The barrier was likely constructed about 11,000 years ago to help hunter-gatherers pursue reindeer amid the sparse landscape after the last ice age.—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 17 Feb. 2024 Sea levels rose significantly after the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years ago, which would have led to the wall and large parts of the landscape being flooded, according to the study authors.—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 12 Feb. 2024 This can, in turn, drive ice ages and periods of warmth.—Gongjie Li, Discover Magazine, 11 Jan. 2024 Archaeologists still don’t know exactly how people lived in the middle of an ice age and weathered harsh climate.—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 5 Oct. 2023
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