A LARGE FOSSIL CAVE BEAR
A LARGE FOSSIL CAVE BEAR
A LARGE FOSSIL CAVE BEAR
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A LARGE FOSSIL CAVE BEAR
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A LARGE FOSSIL CAVE BEAR

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A LARGE FOSSIL CAVE BEAR
From the mid to late Pleistocene (circa 27,000 years ago), the tall specimen with finely preserved skull of an Ursus spelaeus partially composite and mounted on support stand.
108 x 48 x 54in. (274 x 122 x 137cm.) on stand
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One of the great animals of the last Ice Age, the cave bear had a range across most of Europe and into Russia. Its hibernation in caves gives rise to the name, and explains why skeletal remains are so well preserved. Along with the many other megafauna their extinction happened 27,5000 years ago during the rise of humans and a time of great climate change

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