More Ancient Bacteria

You must be thinking of what is even the relevance of finding these old bacterias. It showed that the old bacterias didn’t have an immune system against the constantly changing environments, unlike today’s generation that has evolved to have a strong immune system.

Caribou Droppings!

What scientists find constantly is animal excrement. We know you are least interested in knowing this but what if we tell you it stores all sort of necessary information that scientists might need. It can be so precise that it tells the type of life those animals lived long back. 

Ice patches

The person who started to study these patches was Tom Andrews. He even raised funds to visit places like Alaska and the Canadian Arctic to take his research further. The arctic ice patches have started to appear on the surface due to the heavy melting of snow. This reveals the ice patches that have remained covered by snow for millions of years now. Many times animals who die under this layer gets solidified. 

Building Shelter

On the journey to ‘un-ice’, these historic items, researchers also came across a rare type of woods. The wood was rare because there were no trees anywhere within the coverage of several miles. This means that these pieces of woods were stripped, carved, and brought to the site where the scientist found it.

Birch Basket

In 2003, a 650-year-old birch basket was discovered in one of the ice patches. It is a 2.3-inch long rim and sloped edges and 9.8 inches breadth. It is weaved in a creative manner that might describe their community. Scientists say they might’ve used it for collecting berries.

Glacial And Ice Patch Archeology

The fields of glacial and ice patch archaeology are booming because of global warming, decreasing glaciers, permafrost, and ice patches. This field of study has an enormous scope of research and discoveries. Scientists aren’t yet done with the mysterious discoveries.