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Humans pushed cave bears to extinction, their DNA suggests
Cave bears once lived all over Europe. Now they are only bones.
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Large-scale mitogenomic analysis of the phylogeography of the Late Pleistocene cave bear
The cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) is one of the Late Pleistocene megafauna species that faced extinction at the end of the last ice age. Although it is represented by one of …
Partial genomic survival of cave bears in living brown bears
Although many large mammal species went extinct at the end of the Pleistocene epoch, their DNA may persist due to past episodes of interspecies admixture. However, direct …
Ancient DNA analysis reveals divergence of the cave bear, Ursus spelaeus, and brown bear, Ursus arctos, lineages
The cave bear, Ursus spelaeus, represents one of the most frequently found paleontological remains from the Pleistocene in Europe. The species has always been confined to …
Withering away--25,000 years of genetic decline preceded cave bear extinction
The causes of the late Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions are still enigmatic. Although the fossil record can provide approximations for when a species went extinct, the …
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