Fossilized bones discovered decades ago and hailed at the time as the oldest human remains found in Japan turn out to be from a prehistoric bear, a new analysis shows. Not only that, the items are ...

As I am writing further on the application of the terms “Pliocene” and “Pleistocene” to various deposits in East Anglia, I should like to remove at once this unfortunate misrepresentation ...

My research focuses on Pleistocene bears. During my PhD I examined the palaeodietary ecology of Pleistocene bears from Britain, in order to understand ursid dietary flexibility in response to changing ...

The skeleton of an extinct cave bear is to be sold in Tennants Auctioneers’ natural history and taxidermy sale next month. Dating from the late Pleistocene era, the species went extinct around 24,000 ...