The latest Ursus spelaeus in Italy, a new contribution to the extinction chronology of the cave bear
Abstract The skeleton of a young prime adult cave bear, Ursus spelaeus , was found in Chiostraccio Cave (Siena, Tuscany, central Italy), only slightly buried under rock falls. The specimen was dated yielding a conventional age of 24,030 ± 100 14 C yr BP (29,200–28,550 cal yr BP), which makes it the...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1016/j.yqres.2013.10.003 2024-09-15T18:01:15+00:00 The latest Ursus spelaeus in Italy, a new contribution to the extinction chronology of the cave bear Martini, Ivan Coltorti, Mauro Mazza, Paul P.A. Rustioni, Marco Sandrelli, Fabio 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2013.10.003 http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589413001154?httpAccept=text/xml http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589413001154?httpAccept=text/plain https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589400002118 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Quaternary Research volume 81, issue 1, page 117-124 ISSN 0033-5894 1096-0287 journal-article 2014 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2013.10.003 2024-08-07T04:04:14Z Abstract The skeleton of a young prime adult cave bear, Ursus spelaeus , was found in Chiostraccio Cave (Siena, Tuscany, central Italy), only slightly buried under rock falls. The specimen was dated yielding a conventional age of 24,030 ± 100 14 C yr BP (29,200–28,550 cal yr BP), which makes it the latest known representative of the species in Italy. The skeleton was accompanied by the remains of wolf ( Canis lupus ), wild boar ( Sus scrofa ), aurochs ( Bos primigenius ), red deer ( Cervus elaphus ), roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus ), bat ( Vespertinus murinus ), and crow ( Corvus monedula ). The site seems confirming that the latest Italian U. spelaeus populations shared the risk of intrusion. The association of the cave bear with other animals suggests that the assemblage is an attritional palimpsest of remains of different species not originally associated in life. Cave bears were probably more vegetarian than brown bears and possibly became extinct when plant productivity dropped at the onset of MIS 2. Central and southern Italy may have offered isolated and sheltered refugia for cave bears. Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus Cambridge University Press Quaternary Research 81 1 117 124 |
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Abstract The skeleton of a young prime adult cave bear, Ursus spelaeus , was found in Chiostraccio Cave (Siena, Tuscany, central Italy), only slightly buried under rock falls. The specimen was dated yielding a conventional age of 24,030 ± 100 14 C yr BP (29,200–28,550 cal yr BP), which makes it the latest known representative of the species in Italy. The skeleton was accompanied by the remains of wolf ( Canis lupus ), wild boar ( Sus scrofa ), aurochs ( Bos primigenius ), red deer ( Cervus elaphus ), roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus ), bat ( Vespertinus murinus ), and crow ( Corvus monedula ). The site seems confirming that the latest Italian U. spelaeus populations shared the risk of intrusion. The association of the cave bear with other animals suggests that the assemblage is an attritional palimpsest of remains of different species not originally associated in life. Cave bears were probably more vegetarian than brown bears and possibly became extinct when plant productivity dropped at the onset of MIS 2. Central and southern Italy may have offered isolated and sheltered refugia for cave bears. |
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The latest Ursus spelaeus in Italy, a new contribution to the extinction chronology of the cave bear |
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The latest Ursus spelaeus in Italy, a new contribution to the extinction chronology of the cave bear |
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The latest Ursus spelaeus in Italy, a new contribution to the extinction chronology of the cave bear |
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The latest Ursus spelaeus in Italy, a new contribution to the extinction chronology of the cave bear |
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The latest Ursus spelaeus in Italy, a new contribution to the extinction chronology of the cave bear |
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