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cave bear

American  

noun

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


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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 • Mar. 9, 2022

But the genetic data wrung from cave bear bones make a compelling case that humans played a large role in their extinction.

From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2019

It’s the one specimen Hjartarson doesn’t have in his collection, which includes whales, mice, dolphins, hamsters, rats, wolves and a cave bear that may be Siggi’s oldest acquisition.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2014

Previously researchers had obtained DNA from similarly ancient cave bear remains found at the site, raising hopes that recovering DNA from the fossil humans might be next.

From Scientific American • Dec. 19, 2013

One day it was the size of a wolf, the next the size of a cave bear, then the size of a great elk.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman