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DIVJE BABE I. Upper Pleistocene Palaeolithic site in Slovenia 14. Stable isotopes and the metabolism of cave bear from Divje babe I Abstract Isotopic analyses of fossil bones of the extinct cave bear indicate that this animal was a hibernator with the same unusual metabolic processes as some modern bear species. This finding provides useful biological and archaeological information on an extinct species, and the methods themselves may prove generally useful in studies of the metabolisms of modern bears, other hibernators and perhaps of starving animals.
*** 2007, (Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae, 13), 480pp, 10 colour photoogaphs, 178 b-w drawings, photoogaphs and maps, 89 tabels and 38 annexes; 20 x 29 cm, hardcover, ISBN 978-961-254-019-7. |