Bears of the Pleistocene

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(09-20-2020, 09:43 PM)Spalea Wrote: " First Ever Preserved Grown Up Cave Bear - Even Its Nose Is Intact - Unearthed On The Arctic island ?
Separately at least one preserved carcass of a cave bear cub found on the mainland of Yakutia, with scientists hopeful of obtaining its DNA.
More details of the finds are to be announced soon.
Until now only the bones of cave bears have been discovered. 
The new finds are of ‘world importance’, according to one of Russia’s leading experts on extinct Ice Age species. 
Scientist Lena Grigorieva said of the island discovery of the adult beast: 'Today this is the first and only find of its kind - a whole bear carcass with soft tissues.
'It is completely preserved, with all internal organs in place including even its nose.
“Previously, only skulls and bones were found. This find is of great importance for the whole world.’
The cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) is a prehistoric species or subspecies that lived in Eurasia in the Middle and Late Pleistocene period and became extinct about 15,000 years ago.
According to the rough preliminary suggestions the bear could live in Karginsky interglacial (this was the period between 22,000 and 39,500 years).
'It is necessary to carry out radiocarbon analysis to determine the precise age of the bear,’ said senior researcher Maxim Cheprasov from the Mammoth Museum laboratory in Yakutsk.
The finder transferred the right to research to the scientists of NEFU, he said. "

I can’t believe they actually have a preserved body of an adult cave bear, I didn’t think that was possible since most of the bodies found are young or infants . The body is probably huge more info will probably be announced soon , I wouldn’t be surprised if they found a preserved cave hyena body either . Reply