The cave bear had a very broad, domed skull with a steep forehead; its stout body had long thighs, massive shins and in-turning feet, making it similar in skeletal structure to the brown bear. [15]

An artist’s rendition of a cave bear skull with a thigh bone through the cheekbone. The drawing, based on Bächler’s description, appeared in 1965 in a volume designed both as a college text and for popular audiences.

One such cave, Igric Cave, was found to have over 300 nearly complete cave bear skulls alone! There is even a cave called "Pestera Ursilor" which means Bears' Cave, where over 140 specimens have been found.

Most dramatically, a cave bear skull was perched on a stone slab in the center of one chamber, placed deliberately by some long-gone cave inhabitant with opposable thumbs.

This impressive cave bear skull (Ursus uralensis) belonged to an adult male and measures 19 inches in diameter. It was collected in the Ural Mountains and dates to the Late Pleistocene. The specimen is beautifully mounted on an oak base. Like in most bears, sexual dimorphism was pronounced in cave bears.

Jun 10, 2021 · During Siberian cave excavation, Russian paleontologists discovered the skull of a now-extinct small cave bear. Upon further examination of the skull, the researchers identified a small,...

The cave bear had a very broad, domed skull with a steep forehead. Its stout body had long thighs, massive shins and in-turning feet, making it similar in skeletal structure to the brown bear.

Skull and Teeth: The skull of the cave bear was elongated compared to modern bears, with a pronounced sagittal crest for muscle attachment. Their teeth were adapted for grinding tough vegetation, indicating an herbivorous diet primarily composed of plants, roots, and berries.

Description: A spectacular example of a skull of a juvenile of the huge cave bear Ursus spelaeus that lived during the Pleistocene between 300,000 and 10,000 years ago. Cave bears were in …

Ursus spelaeus was a relatively short-lived species, having arisen with the last glacial expansion and gone extinct as the last glacial recession began around 27,000 years ago.