Japanese Archipelago Was Once a Refuge for Cave Lions

Feb 13, 2026 - 17:30
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Japanese Archipelago Was Once a Refuge for Cave Lions
Cave lions painted in the Chauvet Cave, France.

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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