Extinctions of Late Ice Age Cave Bears as a Result of Climate/Habitat Change and Large Carnivore Lion/Hyena/Wolf Predation Stress in Europe
Figure 5
(a) Reconstruction of the geomorphology and Ante-Ailsbach River terrace of the Ahorn Valley. (b-c) Cave map: abundant cave bear bones were found in the areas marked in red, of which a skeleton was reconstructed from bones found in the “Bear’s Passage,” which was also partly used as a wolf den and contained many coprolites and wolf remains. (d) Eight preserved cave bear nests deep within the Sophie’s Cave (Millionary Hall). (e) Hibernating cave bear mother and cub (Illustration: G. “Rinaldino” Teichmann).
