Why are bears in Europe so docile compared to our ones?

[Daco Celtic]

Our bears are just more aggressive due to the fact we keep our distance and exterminate or relocate animals that are too comfortable with people or too aggressive so our populations aren't as used to humans. When i was a kid you could find bears in neighborhoods eating trash and stuff, now they stick to the mountains.

Even in urban/suburban areas near the San Gabriel mountains you still get bears.

[PaleoEuropean]

Even in urban/suburban areas near the San Gabriel mountains you still get bears.

California has a shit ton of mountain lions too, always hearing about attacks there .

[Trouble]

Even in urban/suburban areas near the San Gabriel mountains you still get bears.

Those are actually black bears despite their fur color. They are way less aggressive than ursus arctos

[Mr.G]

We only have black bears where I live, and I was taught that they more or less have the same temperment as white tailed deer (in regards to relating to humans). Still, I respect them and give distance. Getting between a mother and cubs, or encountering an unusually aggressive bear is not my idea of a good time.

[Trouble]

Two possible reasons I just thought of:
-Brown bears in Europe were historically exposed to a greater density of human beings than their North American counterparts
-During the last ice age the habitat of North American bears was much more large and dangerous predators/competitors.

[Ion Basescul]

Why are bears in Europe so docile compared to our ones?

Y'all are carrying, so bears have adapted.

[Dick]

Maybe. When Europeans first arrived in the new world they noticed the bears were more aggressive.

Probably because the natives were always aggressive towards them as well.

[PaleoEuropean]

Probably because the natives were always aggressive towards them as well.

They were pretty destructive, they used to drive 1000's of buffalo off cliffs to harvest like 30-100.

[Trouble]

They were pretty destructive, they used to drive 1000's of buffalo off cliffs to harvest like 30-100.

I thought they only started to do this after Europeans arrived? I thought natives were very resourceful and not wasteful at all.

[Dick]

I thought they only started to do this after Europeans arrived? I thought natives were very resourceful and not wasteful at all.

According to "Wikipedia"

This type of hunting was a communal event which occurred as early as 12,000 years ago and lasted until at least 1500 AD, around the time of the introduction of horses.