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The end of the last ice age, also known as a glacial period, was around 12,000 years ago. It began around 10,500 BCE.

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When did last ice age end?

The last ice age ended 100 000 years ago.


When did last ice age happen?

The last glacial period is sometimes colloquially referred to as the "last ice age", though this use is incorrect.Glacials, on the other hand, refer to colder phases within an ice age that separate interglacials. So the end of the last glacial period is not the end of the last ice age. The end of the last glacial period was about 10,500 BCE, while the end of the last ice age has not yet come.At the height of glaciation the Bering land bridge potentially permitted migration of mammals, including people, to North America from Siberia.


The most recent ice age ended how many years ago?

The last glacial period is sometimes colloquially referred to as the 'last ice age'. But the use of 'ice age' is incorrect. Glacials, on the other hand, refer to colder phases within an ice age that separate interglacials. The end of the last glacial period is not the end of the last ice age. The end of the last glacial period was about 10,500 BCE, while the end of the last ice age has not yet come.


What time period is the end of the last ice age?

The end of the last ice age occurred approximately 11,700 years ago during the period known as the Holocene epoch. This marked the transition from the Pleistocene epoch to the current geological epoch we are in today.


What is Length of time since the last ice age?

The last ice age, known as the Great Ice Age or the Pleistocene Epoch, lasted from about 2.6 million years ago to around 11,700 years ago. So, it has been approximately 11,700 years since the last ice age ended.


What was the climate 12000 years ago?

it was the end of the last ice age.


What year was the last ice age?

The last ice age, known as the Last Glacial Maximum, occurred approximately 20,000 years ago and lasted until around 11,700 years ago. This period was characterized by colder temperatures and extensive ice sheets covering much of the northern hemisphere.


What year did the ice age begin and end?

The present ice age began about 2.6 million years ago and it has not ended yet. We are in a warm period within an ice age. The last glaciation started about 110,000 years ago and ended about 10,000 years ago.


When ice age started?

during the last years of the Pleistocene, from approximately 110,000 to 12,000 years ago.


Are pine trees naitve to Canada?

Yes, since about the end of the last ice age. Before that it was....well just ice.


When did the last ice sheets retreat?

The last ice sheets retreated at the end of the last ice age, known as the Pleistocene epoch, around 11,700 years ago. This marked the transition to the current interglacial period, known as the Holocene epoch.


How many people existed world wide at the end of the last ice age?

At the time of the ice age (about 10 000 years ago) 0 people existed!!