Posted on September 21, 2019September 21, 2019 by News Desk Denisova cave hyena reconstructions, Heinz-Werner Weber, Germany CCCC BY-SA 2.0 Reconstruction of a cave hyena (Crocuta crocuta spelaea) which went extinct around 11,000 years ago or so at the end of the Pleistocene. Photo: Heinz-Werner Weber, Germany CCCC BY-SA 2.0