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In Greece, lions first appeared around 6,500–6,000 years ago as indicated by a front leg bone found in Philippi. [2] Bone fragments of the modern lion were excavated in Hungary and in Ukraine's Black Sea region, which are estimated at around 5,500 to 3,000 years old. [31] Remains were also found in Romania and European Turkey. [18]
[59] [65] Boeskorov et al. 2021 suggested both European and Beringian cave lions may have hunted in larger prides than modern lions because sexual dimorphism in cave lions was more pronounced than in modern African lions and solitary big cats. However, they admitted the data are insufficient to come down to a certain conclusion.
Extinct species of lion known from the Middle Pleistocene of Europe and Asia. One of the largest known species of Panthera. Considered to be the ancestor of P. spelaea. [72] Panthera gombaszoegensis: Europe, possibly Asia and Africa, 2.0 to 0.35 MYA Ranged across Europe, as well as possibly Asia and Africa from around 2 million to 350,000 years ...
Euroleon nostras is a species of antlion found over most of Europe. [1] [2] The scientific name can be translated as "our European [ant] lion".[3] [4] Adults resemble dragonflies or damselflies and may reach up to 30 mm (1.2 in) long, with a wingspan of 70 mm (2.8 in).
In Poland, remains of P. fossilis have been found at various sites dating to between 750,000 to 240,000 years ago. [8] Bone fragments excavated near Isernia in Italy are estimated at between 600,000 and 620,000 years old. [9] The first Asian record of a fossilis lion was found in the Kuznetsk Basin in western Siberia and dates to the late Early ...
In European Ice Age caves, leopard bones are far rarer than those of lions, and all currently known fossils belong to adults, suggesting that they rarely, if ever, raised their cubs in caves. Where leopard remains are found in larger caves, they are often found in the cave's deeper recesses, as in Baumann's and Zoolithen Cave in Germany.
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Extinction of lions in southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East interrupted gene flow between lion populations in Asia and Africa. Genetic evidence revealed numerous mutations in lion samples from East and Southern Africa, which indicates that this group has a longer evolutionary history than genetically less diverse lion samples from ...