Pleistocene bears in the Swabian Jura (Germany): Genetic replacement, ecological displacement, extinctions and survival

• Published in: Quaternary International
• Main Authors: Münzeel, Susanne C., Stiller, Mahias, Hofreiter, Michael, Mittnik, Alissa, Conard, Nicholas J., Bocherens, Hervé
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ University of South Florida 2011
• Subjects: Jura; Ursus arctos
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/4295; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2011.03.060

Palaeogenetic investigations in three geographically close caves (Hohle Fels, Geißenklösterle, and Sirgenstein) in the Ach Valley near Blaubeuren (Swabian Jura) document the sudden replacement of Ursus spelaeus by Ursus ingressus around 28,000 14C BP. New radiocarbon dates suggest an earlier immigra...