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The Cave Lion (Panthera spelaea and Panthera fossilis)

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The Cave Lion (Panthera spelaea and Panthera fossilis)

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09-11-2016, 08:51 AM

(09-11-2016, 08:11 AM)tigerluver Wrote: I often mention Sabol (2011) when bringing up the idea of 3 waves of lion migration. Well Dr. Sabol recently shared the paper on research, please check out the library post.

So the combination of Sotnikova and Foronova (2014), Hanko and Corsos (2007), and Sabol (2011) brings about the 3 wave migration theory of the lion clad.

Sotnikova and Foronova (2014) and Hanko and Corsos (2007) state that based on cranial characteristics, P. fossilis and P. spelaea were different species. 

Sabol (2011) agrees with the speciation theory, but in a different manner. Sabol (2011) theorizes that a mountain population of P. fossilis evolved into P. spelaea and was then restricted to the mountains while the original P. fossilis remnant population stayed on the lowlands. With this theory, P. fossilis eventually disappeared and was replaced by the new species that evolved from a mountain-dwelling population of it millennia earlier.

Based on the combination of the old theory and the new theory, it seems that Panthera spelaea belonged to the first wave of migration, and Panthera fossilis is now deemed as the younger/later one.
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