relict

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In this context the "relict glacier" and the possible buried sheet of glacier ice around it, might be remnants of the latest glaciation episode affecting the Noctis volcano.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2024

Either the tiny relict population had winked out, or the original sightings had been in error.

From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2021

"Its living flora, with the highest concentration of primitive, archaic and relict taxa known, is the closest modern-day counterpart for Gondwanan forests," says the UN body.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2021

Many of these caves trap cold air and have become ideal habitats for animals requiring cooler habitats, such as hibernating bats and relict species of a former colder and wetter climate.

From Scientific American • Aug. 31, 2017

Those relict Negritos of Southeast Asia may be the last survivors of the source population from which New Guinea was colonized.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond