Japanese Archipelago Was Once a Refuge for Cave Lions

01:04 - 14 Feb 2026

Between 73,000 and 20,000 years ago (Late Pleistocene), the Japanese Archipelago was inhabited by cave lions (Panthera spelaea), according to a new genetic and proteomic analysis of fossilized felid remains previously attributed to tigers (Panthera tigris).

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