cave bear in English
noun
1
a large extinct bear of the Pleistocene epoch, whose remains are found commonly in caves throughout Europe.
The evolution of the cave bear and brown bear has been studied by analyzing both modern DNA samples and ancient DNA from fossils.
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1. The Divje Babe flute, carved from a cave bear femur, is thought to be at least 40,000 years old.
2. The oldest flute ever discovered may be a fragment of the femur of a juvenile cave bear, with two to four holes, found at Divje Babe in Slovenia and dated to about 43,000 years ago.