. The ancient life-history of the earth; a comprehensive outline of the principles and leading facts of palæontological science. Paleontology. 36o HISTORICAL PALAEONTOLOGY. celebrated Cave-bear {Ursus spelceus^ fig. 268), which is now extinct. The Cave-bear exceeded in its dimensions the largest. Y\'g. i^Z. — 'S>V\x\\o{ Ursiis spelcpus. Post-Pliocene, Europe. One-sixth of the natural size. of modern Bears; and its remains, as its name implies, have been found mainly in cavern-deposits. Enormous numbers of this large and ferocious species must have lived in Europe in Post-Glacial times; and
. The ancient life-history of the earth; a comprehensive outline of the principles and leading facts of palæontological science. Paleontology. 36o HISTORICAL PALAEONTOLOGY. celebrated Cave-bear {Ursus spelceus^ fig. 268), which is now extinct. The Cave-bear exceeded in its dimensions the largest. Y\'g. i^Z. — 'S>V\x\\o{ Ursiis spelcpus. Post-Pliocene, Europe. One-sixth of the natural size. of modern Bears; and its remains, as its name implies, have been found mainly in cavern-deposits. Enormous numbers of this large and ferocious species must have lived in Europe in Post-Glacial times; and that they survived into the human period, is clearly shown by the common association of their bones with the implements of man. They are occasionally accompanied by the remains of a Glutton (the Giilo spelceus), which does not appear to be really separable from the existing Wolverine or Glutton of northern regions (the Gido lusciis). In addition, we meet with the bones of the Wolf, Fox, Weasel, Otter Badger, Wild Cat, Panther, Hyaena, and Lion, &c., together with the extinct Machairodus or "Sabre-toothed ; The only two of these that deserve further mention are the Hyaena and the Lion. The Cave-hyasna {HycBfia spelcea^ fig. 269) is regarded by high authorities as nothing more than a variety of the living Spotted Hyjena {H. crocuta) of South Africa. This well-known species inhabited Britain and a considerable portion of Europe during a large part of the Post-PUocene period; and its remains often occur in great abundance. Indeed, some caves, such as the Kirkdale Cavern in Yorkshire, were dens inhabited during long periods by these animals, and thus contain the remains of numerous individuals and of successive generations of Hyosnas, together with in- numerable gnawed and bitten bones of their prey. That the Cave-hyasna was a contemporary with ]\Ian in Western Europe during Post-Glacial times is shown beyond a doubt by the common association of its bones with
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