The myths of the Bear

2013/05/02 by E. Antonello, Antonello, E.
Arts and Humanities · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · Social Sciences · #Archaeology and ancient environmental studies #FOS: Physical sciences #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #Paleopathology and ancient diseases #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Popular Physics (physics.pop-ph) #physics.hist-ph #physics.pop-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1305.0367

13 pages, 5 figures

arxiv created 2013/05/02 · openalex publication_date 2013/05/02 · arxiv updated 2013/05/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Following previous works on ancient myths in Greek and Latin literature regarding Ursa Major, and the possible relation with the ancient shape of the constellation, we discuss further this case in the light of the evolution of Homo sapiens and the ethnographic records of populations of Eurasia and North America.

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