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77 alien-like creatures in the 6,000-year-old 'ice grave'
Scientists have found 77 species of anomalous creatures in the depths of Antarctica's Ekström ice shelf, which is thought to be dead land.
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Discovering the 720,000-year-old ice core could be a
Scientists in Japan recently discovered a 720,000-year-old ice core that could predict the climate situation on Earth.
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19 descendants of 5,300-year-old ice mummies were found
Scientists in Austria have found 19 people living as descendants of the 5,300-year-old prehistoric iceberg discovered in the snow Alps.
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Australia will explore the 2,000-year-old ice sheet
Australia has announced a project to explore an ice sheet dating back to 2,000 Antarctica in an attempt to answer questions about how much ice has melted on Earth and ho…
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5,300-year-old ice-age people with Lyme disease
Conduct genetic analysis of mummies on the 5,300-year-old Otzi tape shows that this is the oldest case of Lyme disease known in human history.
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The 12,000-year-old ice shelf is about to disappear
The US Aeronautics and Space Agency warned that Antarctic ice shelves, formed about 12 millennia ago, will soon disappear.