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Did the Cave Lion (P. spelaea) have some vastly different cranial properties from modern lions? From the various portraits I saw, their facial/head structure seemed really similar to that of a lion.
That could help determine who exactly the modern lion split from, and what modern lion species today most resembles the Cave Lion in cranial anatomy.
The latter could possibly give us an idea of where the split also occured.