Middle Pleistocene genome calibrates a revised evolutionary history of extinct cave bears
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.073
Abstract: Palaeogenomes provide the potential to study evolutionary processes in real time, but this potential is limited by our ability to recover genetic data over extended timescales.1 As a consequence, most studies so far have focused… read more here.
Keywords: revised evolutionary; middle pleistocene; cave bear; history ... See more keywords
Presence of the Middle Pleistocene cave bears in China confirmed – Evidence from Zhoukoudian area
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DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.09.012
Abstract: Abstract For a long time, it is controversial whether cave bears have ever lived in China during the Pleistocene. Here we checked the published and unpublished bear fossils from Zhoukoudian (North China) housed in Institute… read more here.
Keywords: middle pleistocene; bears china; pleistocene cave; cave bears ... See more keywords
Longevity and life history of cave bears – a review and novel data from tooth cementum and relative emergence of permanent dentition
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DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2018.1441293
Abstract: Abstract Longevity and other life history variables are key to understanding evolutionary processes and the biology of extinct animals. For the past 20 years, the lifespan of cave bears received an increased interest. Studies focusing… read more here.
Keywords: life history; longevity; biology; cave bears ... See more keywords
Additive effects of climate change and human hunting explain population decline and extinction in cave bears
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DOI: 10.1111/bor.12380
Abstract: Cave bears (Ursus spelaeus) are an iconic component of the European late Quaternary Ice Age megafauna. Recent demographic analyses based on cave bear mtDNA sequences and refined radiocarbon dating indicate that cave bear population size… read more here.
Keywords: cave bears; cave bear; climate change; population ... See more keywords