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The Little Ice Age was a period of global cooling that began during around 1300 CE and lasted until about 1850. Average ...

Wear patterns on the teeth of skeletons found in Central Europe suggest children as young as 6 may have been wearing labrets ...

Learn more about the Magdalenian peoples, who left traces of dissection and cannibalism on bones in a cave in Poland.

Records from 500 years ago document floods, famine and death in 16th century Transylvania due to wild weather swings during the Little Ice Age.

Although I'm sure many of us have heard the phrase "ice age," what exactly does that mean? Is it true we're in an ice age right now? Today we're exploring questions like these to better understand ...

New images from the North Sea show never-before-seen landforms that were carved by a single, colossal ice sheet 1 million ...

Welcoming the stranger is a core teaching in many faith traditions, including Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, ...

A group of Ice Age hunter-gatherers living in central Europe may have adorned their faces with cheek piercings at as early as ...

The Cycle of Ice Ages Ice ages don't just appear out of nowhere. They are part of a natural cycle that our planet has ...

The West Michigan Ice Yacht Club is taking advantage of the thick ice on Muskegon Lake this winter after three years of slush ...