Ice Age
On a geological timescale, Earth's climate has gone through considerable changes. Colder periods, during which glaciers covered more land and sea than today, are called ice ages. The last glacial period, commonly referred to as the Ice Age, began 115,000 years before present, and ended around 9,700 BC; that is 11,700 years ago.
In particular North America, Europe and Asia have traces of glaciation. Some glaciated regions are now covered with Boreal forest.
UnderstandFrom Ymir's flesh the earth was formed,and from his bones the hills,the heaven from the skull of that ice-cold giant,and from his blood the sea.
DestinationsDuring the last ice age, what is now the Bering Sea was land and people migrated across this Bering Land Bridge from Asia into the Americas.
Flora and faunaMany species of large animal, which biologists call megafauna, that were common during the ice ages became extinct around the end of those ages, about 10,000 BCE.
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- Guide text adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Ice Age" by its contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikivoyage · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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