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A polar map shows five great ice caps, or centres, from which the ice moved outward during the Ice Age and to which it later retreated. North American ice sheets European ice sheets
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Also Known As glacial epoch

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A polar map shows five great ice caps, or centres, from which the ice moved outward during the Ice Age and to which it later retreated.
North American ice sheets
European ice sheets
Examine glacial scratches on rocks from Switzerland to New York City for evidence of Earth's icy past
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Loren Eiseley
American anthropologist
Zittel, Karl Alfred, Ritter von
Karl Alfred, knight von Zittel
German paleontologist
Eduard Brückner
Austrian geographer and climatologist

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