The skull of an extinct cave bear from the Natural History Museum in Belgrade, Serbia, is seen in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters August 15, 2019. Rafal Kowalczyk/Handout via REUTERS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Genetic research that reconstructed the past population dynamics of the cave bear, a prominent prehistoric denizen of Europe, implicates Homo sapiens rather than climate cooling in the Ice Age extinction of these brawny plant-loving beasts.
Scientists said on Thursday they obtained genome data from 59 cave bears from bones unearthed at 14 sites in France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Serbia, Spain and Switzerland.
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