Monthly Archives: June 2018

The End of the Ice Age

Posted on June 29, 2018 by twilightbeasts

The end of the Ice Age. Around 10,000 years ago. This was not only the end of the last major glacial period where great glaciers spread across the northern hemisphere, this was also the end of so many incredible animals. … Continue reading →

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Impressions

Posted on June 22, 2018 by twilightbeasts

[The following autobiographical short was my submission to the Hugh Miller writing competition 2017-2018 for which I received runner-up prize in prose.] I was about six years old when I first tried to listen to the past. Holding a fossil … Continue reading →

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From Russia with love

Posted on June 4, 2018 by twilightbeasts

In the frozen desolate lands of north eastern Russia, there is a unique mammoth graveyard. This graveyard is different than other fossil sites in the world. After being exposed for the first time in tens of thousands of years, the … Continue reading →

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