The grey in that map which covers Antarctica as well as a ton of the southern oceans, as well as a significant portion of North America, and Europe shows the known glacier expansion of the last ice age. 25% doesn't come close to Africa, there wasn't a bulldozer in most of the world.
No, I really just said "We don't know for sure, but I personally suspect." Try reading comprehension, it helps. The evidence that was the norm comes from our present day toddlers, as well as people writing about it in ancient Egypt, the Hittites, the Minoans, the Mittani, ancient Greeks, and ancient Chinese people. They all had learned scholars that wrote about not being able to hear the literal voice of their gods anymore, and wondered why the gods abandoned us. I suspect that was what happens in us to this day, except it happens when we are 2-3 years old. Most people don't remember that time, and the only reason I know it happened for me is that I told my parents, who later told me. Apparently "Other me" disappeared one day and it was very confusing.