Global warming and mass extinctions: What we can learn from plants from the last ice age
Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species—according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out ...
500-year-old Transylvanian diaries detail the peril of the Little Ice Age
The Little Ice Age was a period of global cooling that began during around 1300 CE and lasted until about 1850. Average ...
500-year-old Transylvanian diaries show how the Little Ice Age completely changed life and death in the region
Glaciers, sediments, and pollen can be used to reconstruct the climate of the past. Beyond "nature's archive," other sources, ...
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Evidence of cannibalism 18,000 years ago
An international research team has gained new insights into the burial rituals of Late Ice Age societies in Central Europe. Signs of human remains from the Maszycka Cave in southern Poland being ...
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Did These Ice Age Europeans Wear Cheek Piercings?
Wear patterns on the teeth of skeletons found in Central Europe suggest children as young as 6 may have been wearing labrets ...
Ice Age Cannibals: Prehistoric Europeans Cracked Skulls and Ate Brains, Study Suggests
Researchers in Poland have found more evidence of violent cannibalism in the wake of the coldest period of the last Ice Age.
25 Natural Wonders of the World You Can Still Visit
Looking for some bucket-list travel ideas? You can't go wrong with these natural wonders—though you might not believe your ...