Around 26,000 years ago, the ice sheets comprising the Earth?s arctic regions reached their maximum extension, reaching as far south as Germany. This period is appropriately known as the Last Glacial Maximum, and it occurred at around the same time early humans were beginning to explore the arctic regions. Our picture of early human movement in the arctic region before the Last Glacial Maximum is hazy at best?strikingly little evidence exists to indicate our ancestors were ever there. Read More at www.motherboard.vice.com