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"Upon reaching the cavern in 2002, the investigators saw cave bear bones lying everywhere. The huge creatures may have hibernated there and died after awakening, perhaps lacking the energy to lumber to the surface."

? I can come up with a better story than that.

[S0122017]

"Upon reaching the cavern in 2002, the investigators saw cave bear bones lying everywhere. The huge creatures may have hibernated there and died after awakening, perhaps lacking the energy to lumber to the surface." ? I can come up with a better story than that.

Yes me too! Neanderthals are the offspring between early Homo Sapiens males and lonely female cave bears!

Distressed about the lack of abillity to find honey in their weakly built offspring, the cave bears then died of maternal stress.