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The skeleton of a 4,000 year old bison has been found, almost entirely, in Urbasa, which could be the first European bison documented in the Iberian Peninsula

Its president, María Chivite, and the Minister of Culture and Sports, Rebeca Esnaola, presented on Monday a finding of "great scientific importance", "unique" in the Iberian Peninsula, which took place in the Arrafela Cave, in an archaeological intervention promoted by the Department of Culture, with the participation of the University of the Basque Country and the Museum of Natural History of Madrid, among others.

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The bison skeleton found in Urbasa.

On Monday, the Navarre Government presented to the Arqeological Funds of the Navarre Government the remains of an almost complete skeleton of a bison from 4,000 years ago, which could belong to the first European bison documented in the Iberian Peninsula.

The President of Navarra, María Chivite, and the Councillor of Culture, Sport and Tourism, Rebeca Esnaola, have explained the details of this discovery in the cave of Arrafela, in the Natural Park of Urbasa and Andía, an archaeological intervention promoted by the Department of Culture, with the participation of the University of the Basque Country and the Museum of Natural History of Madrid, among others.

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