Read more about the article Scientists Revive Ice Age Roundworm
Image shows the Panagrolaimus kolymaensis nematode, undated photo. It was discovered by researchers from the Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science RAS in Russia in the Siberian Permafrost. (Alexei V. Tchesunov and Anastasia Shatilovich, Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science RAS/Newsflash)

Scientists Revive Ice Age Roundworm

Scientists in Germany have reanimated a roundworm from the Siberian permafrost that had laid dormant for nearly 50,000 years. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Dresden, Saxony State, thawed…

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Read more about the article People During Last Ice Age Who Sought Shelter In Spain And Portugal Survived Unlike Their Relatives In Italy
Image shows a reconstruction of a hunter gatherer associated with the Gravettian culture (32,000-24,000 years ago), undated photo. It was inspired by the archaeological findings at the Arene Candide site, in Italy. (Tom Bjoerklund/Newsflash)

People During Last Ice Age Who Sought Shelter In Spain And Portugal Survived Unlike Their Relatives In Italy

A new study has revealed that only hunter-gatherers who sought refuge in Spain and Portugal survived the last Ice Age 30,000 years ago. Using new DNA analysis of prehistoric human…

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Read more about the article Spanish Caveman Had Cousin 1,200 Miles Away
Image shows an overview of Cueva de Malalmuerzo, near the city of Granada, in southern Spain, undated photo. Researchers recovered genomic data from a 23,000-year-old individual who lived during the Ice Age. (Pedro Cantalejo/Newsflash)

Spanish Caveman Had Cousin 1,200 Miles Away

Scientists studying DNA from a 23,000-year-old caveman found in Spain have been astonished to discover he is related to humans found 1,200 miles away. The genetic material was extracted from…

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Read more about the article 5,300-Year-Old Ice Mummy Died In Spring And Not Autumn As Previously Believed
Image shows the investigation of Otzi in South Tyrol, Austria, undated photo. The South Tyrolean Museum of Archeology is the exhibition venue of the "Man from the Tisenjoch". (South Tyrol Museum of Archeology, EURAC, Samadelli, Staschitz/Newsflash)

5,300-Year-Old Ice Mummy Died In Spring And Not Autumn As Previously Believed

New research has suggested that Otzi the 5,300-year-old prehistoric iceman did not die in autumn before being preserved under winter snow, and instead had died in early spring on a…

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Read more about the article Study Rules Out Ice Age Hotspot Theory
Simulations by the University of Vienna in Austria show a strong influence of clouds on global ice ages in the history of the Earth: Clouds and their radiation reflection are an important influencing factor for the stability of a possible water belt state of the Earth in the cryogenium. (IMK-TRO/Newsflash)

Study Rules Out Ice Age Hotspot Theory

A long-standing theory that an equatorial belt of warm water fostered life during the earth's Ice Age has been dismissed by a new study. New findings by scientists from Vienna…

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Read more about the article Adriatic Ecosystems Withstand Major Climate Shifts But Wither Under Human Impact
Adriatic mollusks have proven to be incredibly resilient to climate change, weathering the last ice age with nearly no long-term effects. (Fabio Negri/Newsflash)

Adriatic Ecosystems Withstand Major Climate Shifts But Wither Under Human Impact

Human activities rather than climate change are having a more devastating effect on mollusk communities according to new research. An analysis of more than 70,000 fossils indicates that mollusk communities…

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Read more about the article Mammoth Fossils From Ancient Slaughterhouse Go On Show
The exhibition named "Animals of the Ice Age – The world of woolly rhinos and cave lions" at the Natural History Museum in Austria's capital Vienna. (NHM Wien, Alice Schumacher/Newsflash)

Mammoth Fossils From Ancient Slaughterhouse Go On Show

An Austrian museum will exhibit unique fossils of mammoths, woolly rhinos and cave lions from the last ice age found scattered in an over-21,500-year-old hunter station. The exhibition, named 'Animals…

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Read more about the article Chunk Of DNA Inherited From Neanderthals Makes Humans More Likely To Get COVID But Less Likely To Get HIV
DNA analytics in the lab. (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology/Newsflash)

Chunk Of DNA Inherited From Neanderthals Makes Humans More Likely To Get COVID But Less Likely To Get HIV

A piece of DNA that many humans have inherited from the Neanderthals makes it more likely to get a serious bout of COVID-19 but 27 percent less likely to get…

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Read more about the article Moth Species Found To Have Survived Trapped On Alpine Mountainside Since Last Ice Age
The newly discovered alpine rose leaf miner which was found in the Alps. (Juerg Schmid/Newsflash)

Moth Species Found To Have Survived Trapped On Alpine Mountainside Since Last Ice Age

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This beautiful speckled white moth is of a previously unknown population that has survived isolated hundreds of miles from any similar moths since the last ice age, 12,000 years ago,…

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Read more about the article Hippos Inhabited Germanys River Rhine Whilst Mammoths Wandered Along The Bank During Last Ice Age
Prof. Dr. Wilfried Rosendahl, General Director of the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museum, unveils the lifelike reconstruction of a hippopotamus in the exhibition "Ice Age Safari" in Germany. (REM, Rebecca Kind/Newsflash)

Hippos Inhabited Germanys River Rhine Whilst Mammoths Wandered Along The Bank During Last Ice Age

A study has revealed that Germany's Rhine river was home to hippos around 30,000 years ago meaning the mammals that are now only native to Africa once wandered the European…

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