Of the two types of bear, the brown bear and the grizzly, one kills you and the other kills you and eats you.

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The cave bear is a close relative of the modern brown bear.

BBC: Early human 'squatters' drove cave bears to extinction

Those catching a glimpse of the native brown bear or grey wolf may find themselves wishing for a return of the current.

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The Eurasian brown bear has disappeared from much of Europe, but in this mountain range that separates Slovakia and Poland, you have some of the best odds of seeing the magnificent animal in the wild.

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Radiocarbon dating found the skull was from the peak of the last Ice Age ruling out it was a cave bear, or a brown bear.

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