In a groundbreaking discovery, archaeologists have unearthed 23,000-year-old footprints in the New Mexico desert. This find ...

A new study shows farming and livestock reshaped global mammal communities, collapsing natural boundaries after the last Ice ...

Large changes in global sea level, fueled by fluctuations in ice sheet growth and decay, occurred throughout the last ice age ...

The extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna may be people’s fault after all, according to a recent study. A team of archaeologists recently examined animal bones at sites dating to the waning years of ...

Hippos in Ice Age Germany? New research reveals that these warm-loving giants roamed central Europe far later than believed. Hippos, which today live only in sub-Saharan Africa, managed to survive in ...

Hippos survived in icy Europe far longer than thought, revealing surprising warmth and resilience during Ice Age.

Follow ancient humans’ journey into an icy and perilous new land. Follow ancient humans’ perilous journey into the Americas, where a frigid Ice Age landscape, mammoths, and other fearsome beasts ...

UC Riverside researchers have discovered a piece that was missing in previous descriptions of the way Earth recycles its carbon. As a result, they believe that global warming can overcorrect into an ...

Fresh analysis of ancient human footprints in New Mexico confirms that people walked the continent nearly 23,000 years ago, ...