Reindeer herders in Siberia were stunned to discover a mummified Ice Age cave bear — with all of its organs intact. The 39,500-year-old specimen belonged to a species of prehistoric bears that ...

Archaeologists in Germany have uncovered some of the earliest evidence of the use of clothing, with newly discovered cut marks on a cave bear paw suggesting the prehistoric animals were skinned ...

Prehistoric humans intentionally modified stalagmites in the Cova Dones cave in Spain, forming over 100 structures—known as speleofacts—as a result.The recent archaeological find becomes one ...

The fossilized skeleton of a prehistoric cave bear is seen in the Natural History Museum at the College of Charleston in Charleston, S.C., on Friday, Nov. 8, 2013.

For over 20 years, archaeologists in Germany thought a 35,000-year-old figurine they found was a horse. Now, they aren't sure whether or not it's a cave lion or cave bear.

The bear, unearthed in 2020, was originally assumed to be an extinct cave bear that dated back at least 22,000 years. But a new necropsy reveals it is actually a brown bear that lived 3,500 years ago.

During excavations at the Hohle Fels cave in Schelklingen, Germany, archaeologists uncovered a piece of an ivory figurine, carved 35,000 years ago, according to a statement released last week.

Tool markings found on the fossilized bones of a 300,000-year-old prehistoric cave bear seem to indicate that humans in Europe skinned the animals, a new study found.