A couple months ago, I posted this journal where I went over the findings of a new study by Bocherens et al. Back then, i could only access the abstract, and I couldn't hope to read it. Now, with sci-hub, and all, i've read the paper and decided to go in more depth.
So, here's the abstract:
Highlights
Cave bears were virtually all herbivores.Giant short-faced bears were consuming meat but not necessarily purely carnivores.Scimitar tooth cats were not specialized mammoth predators.Most cave lions were focussing on reindeer, especially when competing with other large carnivores.Wolves outcompeted cave lions in Europe during Lateglacial.
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