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10-31-2015, 05:29 AM( This post was last modified: 10-31-2015, 06:02 AM by GrizzlyClaws )
I was always wondering if the modern Asiatic lions did carry any Cave lion's leftover gene, but after Guate did point out that Panthera spelaea and Panthera leo did not interbreed in the wild, the possibility of interbreeding didn't seem to be stood anymore.
After this surprising discovery of the still fresh frozen mummies, that possibility could be triggered again.
However, the modern Asiatic lion's gene pool has heavily suffered the inbreeding bottleneck, so it might be hard to find any leftover of the Cave lion's gene.