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Ancient Humans Deliberately Caused the Last Ice Age: A Forgotten Strategy to Save the Earth? History tells us that the last Ice Age was the result of long-term natural cycles, subtle changes in Earth's orbit, atmospheric chemistry and feedback mechanisms involving ice sheets and oceans. It is a compelling scientific explanation supported by decades of research. But what if there were another story? Imagine that tens of thousands of years before the rise of Egypt, Mesopotamia or Stonehenge, humanity had already experienced an age of astonishing achievement.  Not merely a civilisation capable of building cities, but one capable of understanding astronomy with extraordinary precision, predicting climate over millennia and recognising that Earth itself was slowly approaching an irreversible crisis. Suppose these ancient people understood something we are only beginning to appreciate today: that planetary climates are fragile, freshwater is precious and civilisation depends entirely upo...