Cave bear - Wikipedia
The cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) is a prehistoric species of bear that lived in Europe and Asia during the Pleistocene and became extinct about 24,000 years ago during the Last Glacial Maximum. Both the word cave and the scientific name spelaeus are used because fossils of this species were mostly found in caves.
Cave bear | Size, Weight, Extinction, & Facts | Britannica
cave bear, either of two extinct bear species, Ursus spelaeus and U. deningeri, notable for their habit of inhabiting caves, where their remains are frequently preserved.
5 Prehistoric Bear Species That Dwarf Modern Bears
Nov 2, 2015 · Existing in Europe during the Pleistocene and only becoming extinct 24,000 years ago, the cave bear was one of the largest bears to have ever called Europe home.
Cave Bear - Description, Habitat, Image, Diet, and Interesting Facts
Cave bears are an extinct species of bear that lived about 24,000 years ago. Scientists called them cave bears because they found the vast majority of fossils of this species in caves. Hence the scientific name, spelaeus, which is the Roman word for cave.
The Real Reason The Cave Bear Went Extinct - Grunge
3 days ago · No, a "cave bear" isn't a bear that hangs out in a cave. That's the brown and black bears that dig dens for themselves if they can't find real rocky enclosures. Caves bears — formally Ursus spelaeus — were one of the megafauna (big animal species) that went extinct toward the end of the last Ice Age. Other notable species include the ...
Interesting Facts About the Cave Bear - ThoughtCo
Aug 7, 2019 · The Cave Bear was one of the most common megafauna mammals of Pleistocene Europe, as our human ancestors were well aware.
Fate of the Cave Bear | Smithsonian
As cavemen—Neanderthals and then a growing population of modern humans—moved into the caves of Europe, cave bears had fewer safe places to hibernate. An acute housing shortage may have been ...
Arctodus - Wikipedia
Arctodus is an extinct genus of short-faced bear that inhabited North America during the Pleistocene (~2.5 Mya until 12,800 years ago). There are two recognized species: the lesser short-faced bear (Arctodus pristinus) and the giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus).
Partial genomic survival of cave bears in living brown bears
Aug 27, 2018 · We find that segments of cave bear DNA still persist in the genomes of living brown bears, with cave bears contributing 0.9 to 2.4% of the genomes of all brown bears investigated.
Cave Bears | The Chauvet-Pont d'Arc cave - Culture
Cave Bears. The cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) is an extinct species which lived in Eurasia, where it appeared around 200,000 years ago. A descendant of Ursus deningeri, the cave bear owes its name to the discovery (in 1794) of its bones in an underground environment.