Fossil evidence shows presence of lions in ancient Japan

Lions lived in a wide area of the Japanese archipelago tens of thousands of years ago, as analysis of fossil specimens that were believed be of tigers were revealed to belong to an extinct lion species, a team of researchers said.According to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in late January, the researchers extracted and analyzed DNA and proteins from fossil specimens previously thought to be from tigers and identified them as belonging to the extinct cave lion.The study was conducted to explore the possibility of lions being present in Japan, located…READ FULL ARTICLE