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changes that occurred during the last ice age
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The age estimate — at least 8,000 years — is based on when the cave system flooded at the end of the last ice age.
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Ryan Brennan
april 4, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
The Kreutz group is named for Heinrich Kreutz, a German astronomer who determined that several notable nineteenth-century comets traveled in similar orbits and were fragments of a large comet that broke apart (perhaps around the time of the last ice age, it has since been theorized).
—Tony Hoffman, PC Magazine, 2 Apr. 2026
The sci-fi epic stars Gosling as an ostracized biologist now teaching high school who is tapped by the head of an international consortium (Sandra Hüller) to help stop the sun from dimming and ushering in another ice age.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 28 Mar. 2026
Dogs were domesticated from grey wolves between 32,000 and 11,000 years ago, towards the end of the most recent ice age.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Mar. 2026
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Ryan Brennan
april 4, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
The Kreutz group is named for Heinrich Kreutz, a German astronomer who determined that several notable nineteenth-century comets traveled in similar orbits and were fragments of a large comet that broke apart (perhaps around the time of the last ice age, it has since been theorized).
—Tony Hoffman, PC Magazine, 2 Apr. 2026
The sci-fi epic stars Gosling as an ostracized biologist now teaching high school who is tapped by the head of an international consortium (Sandra Hüller) to help stop the sun from dimming and ushering in another ice age.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 28 Mar. 2026
Dogs were domesticated from grey wolves between 32,000 and 11,000 years ago, towards the end of the most recent ice age.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Ice age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20age. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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