Cave lions came out first, splitting from their African kin about 500,000 years ago, according to the paper. These lions then evolved slightly different characteristics.

Cave lions, larger than today's African lions, once dominated Ice Age Europe's mammoth steppes. These formidable predators, ...

Perfectly preserved cave lion cub found frozen in Siberia is 28,000 years old. ... found that the cave lions’ coat was similar but not identical to that of an African lion cub.

Cave lions, or panthera spelaea, once lived across much of Eurasia before going extinct around 10,000 years ago.. Sparta, an Ice Age cave lion believed to be 28,000 years old. Courtesy / Love Dal ...

Cave art of a lion with a luscious mane drawn deep in a Puerto Rican cave about 500 years ago might have been created by an enslaved African, new research suggests. "We have an image that looks ...

Ancient humans hunted and butchered a cave lion around 48,000 years ago, a study of the prehistoric big cat skeleton has found. The study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, describes ...

Neanderthals skillfully hunted giant cave lions, a study showed for the first time. The findings suggest the animals were carefully pelted, maybe for some kind of ritualistic purpose. It adds to a ...

This cave drawing of what looks like a lion was made around A.D. 1500. Researchers think it may have been made by an African who was taken as a slave to the Americas. (Image credit: A. Acosta-Colón) ...