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changes that occurred during the last ice age
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And later, when water levels dropped, tectonics shifted, reefs grew, and the ice age locked away the planet’s water supplies into glaciers, and new faults thrust the land skyward to dry?
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Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
Around 20,000 years ago, the region was covered by massive sheets of ice during the last ice age.
—Rachelle Graham, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
The research, led by CSUN’s Helene Rougier, found that late Neanderthals descended from a single genetic lineage following a sharp population decline linked to a major ice age.
—City News Service, Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
Now, a new study has found evidence that Native Americans were likely using dice for gaming and gambling more than 6,000 years earlier, since the end of the last ice age.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2026
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Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
Around 20,000 years ago, the region was covered by massive sheets of ice during the last ice age.
—Rachelle Graham, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
The research, led by CSUN’s Helene Rougier, found that late Neanderthals descended from a single genetic lineage following a sharp population decline linked to a major ice age.
—City News Service, Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
Now, a new study has found evidence that Native Americans were likely using dice for gaming and gambling more than 6,000 years earlier, since the end of the last ice age.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for ice age
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“Ice age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20age. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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