"Two Subspecies of Cave Lion Identified" Topic

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Tango01	03 Oct 2020 10:41 p.m. PST
"The cave lion was an apex predator widespread across the Holarctic until their extinction at the end of the Pleistocene period. It was larger than its modern counterpart, and Pleistocene cave art suggests that it did not have a mane. However, it may have shared several behavioral traits with the lion, such as group living and courtship rituals…" Main page link Amicalement Armand
rvandusen	04 Oct 2020 4:04 a.m. PST
Pretty cool. Nice use of preserved genetic material from that frozen cub found a coup!e of years ago- Spartak.
Tango01	04 Oct 2020 3:08 p.m. PST
Glad you enjoyed it my friend! (smile) Amicalement Armand

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