Just How Old Are the Cave Paintings in Spain’s Cova Dones? With help from a now-extinct bear, archaeologists have unlocked the mysteries of Spain’s Cova Dones ...

The amber bear may date to Europe's Mesolithic period, which lasted from 12,000 to 5,000 years ago. During the Mesolithic period, people were mostly hunter-gatherers, and archaeological evidence ...

What it is: A bear figurine carved out of amber Where it is from: Słupsk, northern Poland When it was made: Between 9600 and 4100 B.C. Related: Pfyn culture flint tool: World's oldest known ...

In a 2023 study of several amber bear figurines from the Baltic Sea area, researchers concluded that the objects are more likely to be Upper Paleolithic in date, a period from 50,000 to 12,000 ...