{"id":58027,"date":"2025-08-05T20:06:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T20:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/new-ice-age-species-discovered-in-norway"},"modified":"2025-08-05T20:37:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T20:37:05","slug":"new-ice-age-species-discovered-in-norway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/new-ice-age-species-discovered-in-norway","title":{"rendered":"New Ice Age Species Discovered in Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Scientists have uncovered over 40 species that lived in Norway during the last ice age, public broadcaster NRK reported Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers have uncovered over 40 species from some 75,000 years ago \u2013 including several now extinct \u2013 in what they call a &#8220;unique discovery&#8221; in the Arne Qvam cave in the northern town of Narvik.<\/p>\n<p>The new findings revealed insights previously unknown about the Ice Age and the fauna in Norway during that period.<\/p>\n<p>Starting the project in 2021 by studying bones and analyzing DNA, researchers found examples of species such as the Arctic lemming, arctic fox, cod, walrus, bowhead whale, puffin, and ptarmigan.<\/p>\n<p>The finding of the Arctic lemming, now extinct in Scandinavia, marked the first such discovery in Norway.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers also uncovered what is believed to be the third-oldest polar bear fossil ever discovered.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Mauritius<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. Scientists have uncovered over 40 species that lived in Norway during the last ice age, public broadcaster NRK reported Tuesday. 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