When did the most recent ice age occur?

Question

the Pennsylvanian Era? or The Tertiary era? or The Triassic? or The Quaternary Era?

Answer 1

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_age . Researching the answer is half of learning.

Answer 2

LAST ICE AGE

Ice began advancing about 250,000 years ago.
About 35,000 years ago.retreat completed.

There have been SIX ICE AGES. Copious details, including dates are given in THE URANTIA BOOK. Description ends around page 702. Begins some pages before that.

First hand observer wrote it, that should intrigue you....

You can access the book online. Once you get to the book, you can search for 'Ice Age'

It is VERY, VERY interesting.

I will help a little -- go to this blog, look on the right hand side for a list of urls (favorite websites). You will find one that leads to THE URANTIA BOOK Table of Contents

http://up-escalator.spaces.live.com/

From TOC any smart person can find a search box for typing in Ice Age or some other search factor.

This is a BIG BOOK. You will not be able to breeze through it online, only search for 'The Early Ice Age' and possibly read that whole section.

Answer 3

the quaternary era;

however the present time has been cosidered one, since for most of earths history there has been no ice at the poles; although at the rate we are heating up the earth, that doesn't seem too unlikley