the Ice Age
noun
: the most recent time in the past when a large part of the world was covered with ice
a valley formed during the Ice Age
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The Proto-Indo-Europeans are recent arrivals in our species’ story; the Ice Age ended twelve thousand years ago, the out-of-Africa migration took place around sixty thousand years ago, and Homo sapiens emerged about three hundred thousand years ago.
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Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
The tale follows a young girl named Ayla through an unfamiliar world in the Ice Age.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Hometown Highlight stops can also allow visitors to be entered into a drawing for a chance to win a gift certifcate to the Ice Age Trail Alliance online store.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
In October, during Wisconsin’s month-long Mammoth Hike Challenge, visitors are challenged to hike 45 miles of the Ice Age Trail and visit three Ice Age Trail Communities (hiker friendly towns and villages) over the course of the month.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2025
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Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
The tale follows a young girl named Ayla through an unfamiliar world in the Ice Age.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Hometown Highlight stops can also allow visitors to be entered into a drawing for a chance to win a gift certifcate to the Ice Age Trail Alliance online store.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
In October, during Wisconsin’s month-long Mammoth Hike Challenge, visitors are challenged to hike 45 miles of the Ice Age Trail and visit three Ice Age Trail Communities (hiker friendly towns and villages) over the course of the month.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2025
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“The Ice Age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Ice%20Age. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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