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Everything Everywhere Daily

The Younger Dryas

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Around 12,900 years ago, the last ice age was ending. Things were warming up, and the glaciers were starting to recede. …and then something happened.  For about 1,200 years, the climate reversed and got colder again.  When this cooling trend ended and the ice age was finally over, it also happened to coincide with the rise of agriculture and human civilization.  Learn more about the Younger Dryas, some of its possible causes, and how it impacted humanity on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Mint Mobile Get your 3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Stash Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase. Newspaper.com Go to Newspapers.com to get a gift subscription for the family historian in your life! Subscribe to the podcast!  https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer   Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/  Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Around 12,900 years ago, the last Ice Age was ending. Things were warming up and glaciers were starting to recede.

0:07.1

And then something happened. For about 1,200 years, the climate reversed and got colder again.

0:13.4

When this cooling trend ended, the Ice Age was finally over, and it also happened to coincide with the rise of agriculture and human civilization.

0:21.4

Learn more about the younger dryas, some of its possible causes, and how it impacted humanity,

0:26.7

on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. You know, when I started this podcast, it felt like I had to become 10 people overnight.

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