We sequenced the cave bear genome using a 360,000-year-old ear bone and had to rewrite their evolutionary history
We sequenced the cave bear genome using a 360,000-year-old ear bone and had to rewrite their evolutionary history: Cave bears are now extinct. Shutterstock/Liliya Butenko Cave bears were giant plant eating bears that roamed Europe and northern Asia, and went extinct around 25 thousand years ago. They hibernated in caves during the winter. This was …