Natural History
Iberian Brown Bears not descended from fleeing ice age bears
Initial theories on glacier refuges suggested that after the conclusion of the glaciations during the ice age, bears from northern Europe fled to the south for shelter.
A team from Coruña University have challenged this theory by reconstructing the colonisation of brown bears in the Iberian Peninsula that has resulted in the lineage of the Pleisocene bears being lost.
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2017/12/iberian-brown-bears-not-descended-fleeing-ice-age-bears/117917
