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Cave Bears - The Unexpected Vegetarians of the Ice Age

Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology via YouTube

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This talk examines cave-bear evolution, behavior, and diet through fossil anatomy and comparisons with living bears. It explains how 3D landmarks, jaw shape, and functional morphology help infer that cave bears ate substantial plant matter.

Syllabus

Introduction
Distribution
Family Tree
Ursus Minimus
Episcopalia
Modern Brown Bear
Size
Reconstruction
Other Animals
Horses and Wolves
Step Bison
Hour Ox
Giant Deer
Reindeer
Cave Lion
Woolly Rhino
Woolly Mammoth
Behavior
Hibernation
Babies
Scratches
Cave Art
The Diet
Was it a ferocious predator
American Black Bear
Panda
Himalayan Sun Bear
Functional Morphology
Phylogenetic Tree
Lower Jaw Shape
Questions
Evidence

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Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology

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