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Real Paleolithic Cave Bear Bone

(This is in the Stone Age artefact box)

Can you answer the questions below by spinning this image and using the extra pictures?

Extra information and pictures

cave bear bone from our stone age artefacts for primary schools topic box
cave bear bone from our stone age artefacts for primary schools topic box
cave bear bone from our stone age artefacts for primary schools topic box

Questions

1. How old is this bone and where does it come from?

 

2. What did Cave Bears eat?

 

.3. A lot of scientists now agree that Cave Bears were Herbivorous.  Why is this unusual compared to modern bears?

Answers down here - no peeking until you're ready!

1. How old is this bone and where does it come from?

 

ANSWER: 25,000 years old and it comes from Poland.

 

2. What did Cave Bears eat?

 

ANSWER: Plants.

 

3. A lot of scientists now agree that Cave Bears were Herbivores.  Why is this unusual compared to modern bears?

 

ANSWER: Modern bears are omnivorous, meaning they eat both plants and animals.

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