Lions Lived in Japan Thousands of Years Ago: Study

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Scientists who have re-examined ancient fossils previously thought to be tigers have for the first time found that lions lived in a large part of the Japanese archipelago tens of thousands of years ago. The DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) and protein extracted from the fossils and analyzed, have determined that they belong to the now-extinct cave lion, the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reported recently. The study was condu…