Cave Bear Bone

This fossilised tooth belonged to a Ursus spelaeus, the cave bear, which inhabited Europe during the Late Pleistocene, roughly 30,000 to 50,000 years ago, displayed in a museum quality glass dome bell jar.

Large and robust, the tooth reflects the powerful jaws and mixed diet of a species adapted to cold, mountainous environments. Its surface shows well-preserved enamel and root structure, with wear patterns typical of an adult animal.

Recovered from cave deposits in Eastern or Central Europe, the specimen has been carefully cleaned and stabilised, preserving a physical trace of one of the largest carnivores of the Ice Age.

Base: Solid Oak Wood
Mount: Stainless Steel
Dome: Handblown 2mm tempered glass
Dimensions: 100x100mm

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Cave Bear (Ursus spelaeus)
Timeline: Middle to Late Pleistocene (0.25–0.024 million years ago)

Size: 2 metres in length 

Range: Europe, Russia and Middle East
Habitat: Low mountainous forest with caves
Diet: Omnivore 

The cave bear is a prehistoric species of bear that lived in Europe and Asia during the Pleistocene and became extinct about 24,000 years ago during the last ice age.

Male cave bears weighed around 1000 lbs and were similar in size to today's Alaskan kodiak bear. This is about 30% larger than the brown bear. 

Analysis shows many cave bears were mostly herbivorous, feeding on plants and roots. However, they did sometimes eat meat, but rather than stalk and hunt their prey, they were most likely scavengers and opportunistic carnivores.

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