"Słupcio" — or "little guy from Słupsk" in Polish — is the name given to the amber bear in 2013, when a Polish kindergartner ...

Most dramatically, a cave bear skull was perched on a stone slab in the center of one ... the bears particularly vulnerable to the last ice age, which began around 30,000 years ago.

A unique carved amber bear was found when workers were delving into the peat in 1887. It is believed that this was worn as a protective charm during the Stone Age, as bears were considered the most ...

New archaeological finds in Malta add to an emerging theory that early Stone Age humans cruised the open seas.