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A polar map shows five great ice caps, or centres, from which the ice moved outward during the Ice Age and to which it later retreated. North American ice sheets European ice sheets
Examine glacial scratches on rocks from Switzerland to New York City for evidence of Earth's icy past
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Divers find 500,000-year-old fossil treasure in Florida sinkhole • May 27, 2025, 5:34 AM ET (Earth.com)
North America was ruled by large mammals 50,000 years ago, now we know why they vanished • May 24, 2025, 7:21 AM ET (Earth.com)
Scientists on remote island in Nunavut drill out the longest ice core in Canadian history • May 20, 2025, 3:27 AM ET (Globe and Mail)
Actor Arsalan Naseer blames Fawad Khan for India’s Instagram ban on Pakistani celebs: ‘Ice Age wali gilehri…’ • May 1, 2025, 3:02 AM ET (The Indian Express)

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Also Known As glacial epoch

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A polar map shows five great ice caps, or centres, from which the ice moved outward during the Ice Age and to which it later retreated.
North American ice sheets
European ice sheets
Examine glacial scratches on rocks from Switzerland to New York City for evidence of Earth's icy past
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Loren Eiseley
American anthropologist
Zittel, Karl Alfred, Ritter von
Karl Alfred, knight von Zittel
German paleontologist
Eduard Brückner
Austrian geographer and climatologist

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