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The ice age ended around 11,700 years ago, during the Quaternary period. This marked the beginning of the Holocene epoch, which is the current geological epoch we are in.
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During the last ice age, the ice sheet extended as far south as present-day New York City and covered regions as far south as the Midwestern United States, reaching into parts of present-day Illinois and Ohio.
The third ice age, known as the Quaternary glaciation, began around 2.58 million years ago and continues to the present day with alternating glacial and interglacial periods. This era is characterized by the presence of large ice sheets and glaciers in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
No, the ice age is not part of the three age system. The three age system categorizes human history into the Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age based on the predominant materials used for tools and weapons by humans during those periods. The ice age refers to a period of time in Earth's history when much of the planet was covered in ice sheets.
During the Pleistocene Ice Age, Africa and Australia were not covered by ice.