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A foraging teenager was mauled by a bear 27,000 years ago, skeleton shows
January 27, 2026
The remains of a teenage boy who lived around 27,000 years ago suggest he was attacked by a cave bear—some of the first direct evidence of a predator attacking an ancient human
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