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Ursus spelaeus vanished because of dental stress?
Author(s) -
Capasso Luigi,
Caramiello Salvatore
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
international journal of osteoarchaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1099-1212
pISSN - 1047-482X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1212(199907/08)9:4<257::aid-oa488>3.0.co;2-b
Subject(s) - ursus , extinction (optical mineralogy) , geography , masticatory force , archaeology , biology , medicine , paleontology , demography , sociology , orthodontics , population
The palaeopathological study of a large skeletal collection of Ursus spelaeus from Italy indicates that the most frequent pathologies were diseases of the teeth and jaws and this indicates that the extinction of the large European bear, in large part, can be attributable to masticatory disadaptation. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.