Preserved ice age lion cubs found in ’near-perfect condition’ in Siberia
A pair of Ice Age lion cubs discovered in Siberia dating back tens of thousands of years to the Upper Paleolithic, are thought to be some of the best-preserved specimens ever found, researchers say. The cubs, the size of house cats and dubbed Boris and Sparta, were unearthed in 2017 and 2018 by mammoth tusk hunters in the Semyuelyakh River, Yakutia, in what is now eastern Russia. Both are believed to have been about a month or two old when they died, according to a study by an international team of scientists, published in the journal Quaternary.
Source: independent.co.uk