Tag: Ice Age

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 2, 2026

Categories
Earth Sciences
Environment & Climate
Tagged
, agency, Andes, climate, ecocide, environmental policy, environmentalism, ethnic cleansing, genocide, geological features, glaciers, Great Lakes, human beings, Ice Age, India, indigenous peoples, legal rights, National Geographic, natural entities, nature rights, Pachamama, PLOS Climate, public policy, religion, science journals, snow}

Climate Science Journal Trumpets Glaciers’ “Right to Exist”

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 2, 2026

Earth Sciences, Environment & Climate

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Glaciers are made up of snow that over millennia compacted into ice. They grow or shrink based on climate. They are geological features. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 4, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Technology
Tagged
, China, Denisovans, East Asia, humans, Ice Age, Neanderthals, stone tools, The Conversation}

Neanderthals Keep Getting Smarter

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 4, 2025

Archaeology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology, Technology

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At one time, Neanderthals were considered stupid. Things have changed. Meanwhile, they are presenting some mysteries. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 31, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Paleontology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Africa, animal behavior, anthropology, antiquity, BBC News, Bronze Age, chimpanzees, Côte D’Ivoire, dehumanization, England, Homo sapiens, human mind, humans, Ice Age, Merlin, monkeys, polar bears, Stone Age, stone tools, Stonehenge, tools, vultures}

Science Writing Tries to Smash Human Exceptionalism

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 31, 2025

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Paleontology, Science Reporting

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Stone tool use among animals versus the Stone Age provides a useful illustration of the tendency. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 8, 2024

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, adults, cave art, charcoal, children, footprints, human development, human mind, human origins, human technology, Ice Age, Italy, Russia, Stone Age, stone tools}

Childhood in the Ice Age — What Was It Like?

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 8, 2024

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

4}

Having reached a point now known as the “Sala dei Misteri,” they left signatures of their time there. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Sheldon

Date
April 5, 2023

Categories
Ecology
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, “consensus science”, bison, Brave New World, carbon dioxide, CRISPR-Cas9, de-extinction, DNA, elephants, epigenetics, extinction, global warming, Great Lakes, Ice Age, marsupials, methane, North America, Pleistocene, settled science, Siberia, South Africa, The Atlantic}

Pleistocene Park: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

_{Rob Sheldon
April 5, 2023

Ecology, Evolution, Paleontology

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The idea is to recreate some of the DNA from the sequencing of frozen mammoths, and inject it into an Asian elephant egg. Read More ›

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Date
January 11, 2023

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, Americas, archeology, Brazil, charcoal, hominins, humans, Ice Age, Kenya, monkeys, Nature (journal), tools}

Monkeys, Not Humans, Likely Made Ancient Brazilian Tools

_{Science & Culture
January 11, 2023

Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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The stone objects, dated from 50,000 years ago, look like the ones made by capuchin monkeys today. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 10, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science
Tagged
, consciousness, Durham University, Europe, human origins, humans, hunter-gatherers, Ice Age, Live Science, Neanderthals, paleontology, University College London}

Possible Cave “Proto-Writing” Challenges Slow Evolution of Human Consciousness

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 10, 2023

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Science

5}

London-based wood carving conservator Ben Bacon has, with academic colleagues, shaken up Ice Age paleontology. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
September 25, 2019

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, “consensus science”, Britain, climate change, Darwinian evolution, DDT, global warming, Ice Age, Jeffrey Epstein, penicillin, Siberia}

Apocalypse Now — More Things Scientists Would Like You to Forget

_{Michael Egnor
September 25, 2019

Engineering, Evolution

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We must never confuse scientific consensus with science. Science is inquiry. Consensus is cloture of inquiry. Read More ›