page_title: Bears' Cave
hierarchical_section_title: Bears' Cave
caption_attribution_description: Magyar: Barlangi medve (Ursus spelaeus) csontváza a Medve-barlangan (Kiskoh, Románia). English: Skeleton of a cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) in the Bear Cave (Chișcău, Romania). Deutsch: Skelett eines Höhlenbären (Ursus spelaeus) in der Bärenhöhle (Chișcău, Rumänien). Română: Schelet de ursul peșteră (Ursus spelaeus) în Peștera Urșilor (Chișcău, România).
context_page_description: Bears' Cave is located in the western Apuseni Mountains, on the outskirts of Chișcău village, Bihor County, northwestern Romania. It was discovered in 1975 by Speodava, an amateur spelaeologist group.
  Bears' Cave received its name after the 140 cave bear skeletons which were discovered on the site in 1983. The cave bear, also known as Ursus spelaeus, is a species of bear which became extinct during the Last Glacial Maximum, about 27,500 years ago.
  The cave has three galleries and four halls: The Candles Hall, Emil Racovita Hall, The Spaghetti Hall and The Bones Hall.
context_section_description: Bears' Cave (Romanian: Peștera Urșilor) is located in the western Apuseni Mountains, on the outskirts of Chișcău village, Bihor County, northwestern Romania. It was discovered in 1975 by Speodava, an amateur spelaeologist group.  
  Bears' Cave received its name after the 140 cave bear skeletons which were discovered on the site in 1983. The cave bear, also known as Ursus spelaeus, is a species of bear which became extinct during the Last Glacial Maximum, about 27,500 years ago.
  The cave has three galleries and four halls: The Candles Hall, Emil Racovita Hall, The Spaghetti Hall and The Bones Hall.
caption: Skeleton of a cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) in the Bones Hall
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