cave bear
noun
: a very large extinct bear (Ursus spelaeus) known especially from Pleistocene deposits in European caves
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The researchers also concluded that hibernating cave bears and denning hyenas primarily used the cave, which had only periodic human presence.
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Katie Hunt, CNN, 1 Feb. 2024
Inspection of nearby animal teeth and bones revealed that these early humans existed amid a harsh, tundra landscape populated by reindeer, cave bears, horses and woolly rhinoceros in conditions comparable to modern Siberia or northern Scandinavia.
—Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
The dig revealed the presence of reindeer, cave bears, woolly rhinoceroses and horses.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 1 Feb. 2024
The team found reindeer, cave bear, wooly rhinoceros and horse bones, meaning the cold environment was like the steppe tundras found in modern Siberia and northern Scandinavia.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024
There were traces of horses, cave bears, woolly rhinoceroses, and reindeer, which indicates that the area had a colder climate similar to the tundra of Siberia and northern Scandinavia today.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 31 Jan. 2024
The mark was made by a cave bear, an animal that went extinct 24,000 years ago, and its placement allows the team to determine that the motif predates the bear’s extinction.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
The team dated the drawings to the Paleolithic Period by examining weathering on the drawings and claw marks from a cave bear that later became extinct.
—Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Sep. 2023
Some species of bears, including the cave bear, were likely hunted to extinction; others live mainly in cages.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
Katie Hunt, CNN, 1 Feb. 2024
Inspection of nearby animal teeth and bones revealed that these early humans existed amid a harsh, tundra landscape populated by reindeer, cave bears, horses and woolly rhinoceros in conditions comparable to modern Siberia or northern Scandinavia.
—Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
The dig revealed the presence of reindeer, cave bears, woolly rhinoceroses and horses.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 1 Feb. 2024
The team found reindeer, cave bear, wooly rhinoceros and horse bones, meaning the cold environment was like the steppe tundras found in modern Siberia and northern Scandinavia.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024
There were traces of horses, cave bears, woolly rhinoceroses, and reindeer, which indicates that the area had a colder climate similar to the tundra of Siberia and northern Scandinavia today.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 31 Jan. 2024
The mark was made by a cave bear, an animal that went extinct 24,000 years ago, and its placement allows the team to determine that the motif predates the bear’s extinction.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
The team dated the drawings to the Paleolithic Period by examining weathering on the drawings and claw marks from a cave bear that later became extinct.
—Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Sep. 2023
Some species of bears, including the cave bear, were likely hunted to extinction; others live mainly in cages.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
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