cave bear

American  

noun

1. an extinct bear, Ursus spelaeus, that lived in caves in Europe during the Pleistocene Epoch.

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Example Sentences

The presence of reindeer, cave bear, woolly rhinoceros and horse bones, for example, indicated cold climatic conditions typical of steppe tundra and similar to conditions in Siberia and northern Scandinavia today, and a human diet based on large terrestrial animals.

From Science Daily

“The Clan of the Cave Bear” is the first one; I think my dad got that for me when I was maybe 12.

From Seattle Times

“I remember loving this,” she said, as she handed me Jean M. Auel’s 1980 bestseller The Clan of the Cave Bear.

From Slate

The Clan of the Cave Bear tells the story of a Homo sapiens girl, Ayla, who is orphaned at age 5 in an earthquake.

From Slate

So far, scientists have sequenced the genomes of about 20 extinct species, including a cave bear, passenger pigeon, and several types of mammoths and moas.

From Science Magazine