Were humans present on earth during the ice age?

Yes, they were. The last major ice age ended about 10,000 years ago. Anatomically modern humans have existed for about 100,000 years. During the ice age, 2 distinct species of humans coexisted, homo sapiens (modern humans) and homo neanderthalensis (neanderthals). read more

The most recent Ice Age occurred then, as glaciers covered huge parts of the planet Earth. There have been at least five documented major ice ages during the 4.6 billion years since the Earth was formed — and most likely many more before humans came on the scene about 2.3 million years ago. read more

There have been at least five significant ice ages in Earth’s history, with approximately a dozen epochs of glacial expansion occurring in the past 1 million years. Humans developed significantly during the most recent glaciation period, emerging as the dominant land animal afterward as megafauna such as the wooly mammoth went extinct. read more