cave bear

noun

: a very large extinct bear (Ursus spelaeus) known especially from Pleistocene deposits in European caves

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Another possible flute from Slovenia, made from a cave bear femur, was dated to over 50,000 years ago and is suggested to have been made by Neanderthals. —

Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024 Related article Stone Age humans stepped out in cave bear fur 300,000 years ago However, historical evidence exists for earlier tools that were used for making clothes, albeit with less precision. —

Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 8 July 2024 The researchers also concluded that hibernating cave bears and denning hyenas primarily used the cave, which had only periodic human presence. —

Katie Hunt, CNN, 1 Feb. 2024 Inspection of nearby animal teeth and bones revealed that these early humans existed amid a harsh, tundra landscape populated by reindeer, cave bears, horses and woolly rhinoceros in conditions comparable to modern Siberia or northern Scandinavia. —

Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cave bear