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4 Extinct Types of Lions (1 Has Been Gone for 12,000 Years)
The extinction of big cats ... Strangely enough, Eurasian cave lions raided European caves for bear-sized prey, and some individuals of this lion species were discovered there.
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Scientists looking at bringing extinct cave lions back to life
TASS/. Researchers in the Department of Mammoth Fauna Studies at the Yakutian Academy of Sciences in Yakutsk, Russia's Siberia, are looking at bringing extinct cave lions back to life. The press ...
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Meet the European Cave Lion – A Cat So Big, It Hunted Bears
The European cave lion (Panthera spelaea), also known as the Eurasian cave lion and steppe lion was an ancient lion belonging to the extinct Panthera genus. This lion became extinct over 13,000 ...
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Barbary lion skull from London
The other lived between 1280 and 1385, making it the oldest lion found in the UK since the extinction of wild cave lions during the last ice age. Genetic testing on the skulls revealed that they were ...