Freak Felids - A Discussion of History's Largest Felines

[Spalea]

(04-01-2018, 09:11 PM)GrizzlyClaws Wrote:

(04-01-2018, 01:19 PM)Spalea Wrote: Hello ! I don't know what it is worth but:

http://www.newsweek.com/gigantic-lion-af...ars-860353

"Gigantic African ice-age lions", april fool or not, what do you think about ? I note they make a link between these lions and the fossilis buffalo the giant buffalo Syncerus antiquus.

These giant lions were the true ancestors of the modern lions, since they did predate the divergence of the Afro-Asiatic lions.

It was likely that they were eventually compelled to adjust their size downward, then split into two populations; a forest population dwelled in the West Africa and a savanna population roamed in the Southeast Africa.

Some West African groups migrated out of African and evolved into the Asiatic lions, and those stayed in the savanna became the modern African lions.

No problem for admitting yours explanations, but at the same time it is spoken about a 200.000-years-old fossil lion i.e. from the end of the Pleistocene. The split that you mention didn't it occur earlier within the Pleistocene period ? Reply