Deep ocean clues to a million-year-old Ice Age puzzle revealed in new study, which provides fresh insights into the ocean’s role in climate during the Mid-Pleistocene Transition, an enigmatic interval of change in climate cycles that began about one million years ago.

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The most powerful known outburst from the Sun ☀️ hit Earth 🌍 in 12,350 BC during the end of the last Ice Age ❄️, according to scientists. It was an event known as a 'solar particle storm' ⚡, during which charged particles from the Sun fire through space and smash into our planet.

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New study reveals Canadian ice sheet was major driver of sea-level rise during final stages of the last ice age, not Antarctica 🌊🧊📉

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🐺 A 14,400-year-old wolf puppy's last meal of woolly rhinoceros meat, discovered in Siberia, is providing new insights into the extinction of this iconic Ice Age megafauna.

🔬 Scientists sequenced the full genome from the rhino meat found in the wolf puppy's stomach, a feat never before accomplished with an Ice Age animal found inside another.

🦴 The wolf puppy and her sister were found in permafrost near the Siberian village of Tumat in 2011 and 2015, with the puppy's remains dissected in 2022. DNA confirmed the meat was woolly rhinoceros and the animals were wolves, not dogs.

📈 The recovered rhino DNA indicates it belonged to a genetically healthy and large population, suggesting inbreeding was not a significant factor in the species' decline before extinction.

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❄️ Earliest Stitched Clothing Found: A small fragment of processed elk hide from Cougar Mountain Cave, Oregon, dates back approximately 12,600 years, marking the earliest known evidence of stitched clothing made from multiple cut hide pieces.

🧐 Advanced Technology for Survival: Discovered in the 1950s, the artifacts from Cougar Mountain Cave, including 24 fiber items, 12 wooden implements, and three animal hides, reveal tremendous technological diversity and complex knowledge systems used by ancient humans to endure Ice Age conditions.

🧵 Sophisticated Craftsmanship Revealed: Artifact CMC21-1 showcases a Z-twist cord and a knot securing the thread, highlighting sophisticated techniques used for early clothing production.

📅 New Insights into Ancient Life: Analysis of these rare, perishable materials, led by Richard Rosencrance, provides concrete evidence of ancient humans' clothing and cordage use, moving beyond previous assumptions and offering a rare glimpse into cultural evolution.

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🐘 Prehistoric hunters in Eurasia and North America primarily targeted female woolly mammoths, with 70% of hunted mammoth remains from human sites being female compared to 34% from natural sites.

🧬 Research using ancient DNA from 521 mammoths spanning 50,000 years suggests female-led, predictable herds and the presence of juveniles may have made females easier to hunt.

⛰️ Hunters likely used terrain like mud, bogs, cliffs, or swampland to their advantage, immobilizing mammoths before attacking.

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