Understanding Steppe Bison: The Ice Age Giants. Steppe Bison. Image by Openverse. Steppe bison (Bison priscus) were significantly larger than modern bison, with males standing nearly 7 feet tall at ...

Musk oxen and other animals survived because of their flexibility, toughness, and determination. Huge, shaggy-haired steppe bison roamed Eurasia and North America’s verdant plains during the last ice ...

Wisconsin's Ice Age National Scenic Trail sees almost 4.7 million hikers each year and generates $820 million to the state's tourism economy.

A new study published in Geoarchaeology reveals that Ice Age humans crafted hearths in the frozen steppe of Ukraine with such finesse that they achieved temperatures over 600°C. These were ...

Scholars generally agree that fire was crucial to human survival during the most recent Ice Age—yet in Europe, there is surprisingly little evidence of hearths from its coldest years ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. To make it out of the last ice age alive, our ancestors needed a ...

“When we look at Ice Age 10, we can very clearly predict when Ice Age 9, 8, 7 and 6, and so on, all happened,” Nuber said. Researchers came up with this method by looking at “astronomical ...

A group of scientists think they can now predict when the next ice age could grip Earth, but don't worry, it's not for a very long time. An ice age should begin in about 10,000 years, but its ...

New images from the North Sea show never-before-seen landforms that were carved by a single, colossal ice sheet 1 million years ago and subsequently buried beneath a thick layer of mud ...