The idea was popularized by Jean Auel's 1980 novel, The Clan of the Cave Bear, but has since been rejected by researchers. Modern humans arrived in Europe about 40,000 years ago and were soon ...

The oldest-known human bones in Europe were just discovered in a cave in Bulgaria. The cave also contained ancient tools ...

A new study finds that the extinct European cave bear’s large sinuses represent a tradeoff between hibernation length and the flexibility of their diets. A former intern at The Scientist, Amy studied ...

Bear tracks are not uncommon in the soft ... footprints and compare them with those of other caves in Europe, like the Romanian cave of Urşilor. "In addition, processing the model has allowed ...