![The cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) was a massive European relative of the brown bear. It was likewise very heavily built, but was more herbivorous in diet. It died sooner than other megafauna - The cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) was a massive European relative of the brown bear. It was likewise very heavily built, but was more herbivorous in diet. It died sooner than other megafauna -](https://preview.redd.it/dwzxvl0bzle41.jpg?auto=webp&s=4dbb8c8fa168fb074b7461aae9f5ffdeddd629e5)
The cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) was a massive European relative of the brown bear. It was likewise very heavily built, but was more herbivorous in diet. It died sooner than other megafauna -
![We sequenced the cave bear genome using a 360,000-year-old ear bone and had to rewrite their evolutionary history We sequenced the cave bear genome using a 360,000-year-old ear bone and had to rewrite their evolutionary history](https://images.theconversation.com/files/386433/original/file-20210225-23-4pg6wh.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=1200&h=1200.0&fit=crop)
We sequenced the cave bear genome using a 360,000-year-old ear bone and had to rewrite their evolutionary history
![The Cave Bear: A Vegan Gone Extinct - An inflexible diet led to the disappearance of this large mammal - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News The Cave Bear: A Vegan Gone Extinct - An inflexible diet led to the disappearance of this large mammal - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News](https://www.heritagedaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/CAVEBEAR1.jpg)
The Cave Bear: A Vegan Gone Extinct - An inflexible diet led to the disappearance of this large mammal - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News
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