When: When did the Ice Age come about? The Ice Age came about around 27,000 years ago. It lasted 11,500 years. At this area in time, the earth was going back and forth between blistering cold and burning heat.
The cold times(the Ice Age) were called glacial. There were about 17 cycles between the warm and the cold times. The Ice Age began about 100,000 years ago and ended 27,000 years later. We are in the warm cycle that the earth goes through.
We have had five major Ice Ages so far. The Ice Age most likely came about from large-scale changes in our climate. The wooly mammoth went extinct around 36,000 years later.
The cold times(the Ice Age) were called glacial. There were about 17 cycles between the warm and the cold times. The Ice Age began about 100,000 years ago and ended 27,000 years later. We are in the warm cycle that the earth goes through.
We have had five major Ice Ages so far. The Ice Age most likely came about from large-scale changes in our climate. The wooly mammoth went extinct around 36,000 years later.