When did humans discover that there was an ice age in the first place?

Question

# Like who came up with the initial idea/ theory and when was it first proven?

In: Planetary Science

Answer 1

Modern science became aware of Ice Ages in the 19th century, as others have pointed out, however humans lived and evolved through ice ages. There may be some persistant remembrance of it in our mythology, such as the realm of Niflheim.