Live Auction 9935Out of the Ordinary
A CAVE BEAR SKELETON
Lot 92

A CAVE BEAR SKELETON

Closed5 September 2013

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GBP 35,000

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A CAVE BEAR SKELETON
From the upper pleistocene (126,000-11,700 ya) the Ursus spelaeus mounted on support stand
96in. (245cm.) high approx.

Specialist note

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.