Perfectly Preserved Cave Lion Cubs Found In Permafrost Reveal Life Of Extinct Species
After laying untouched in Siberian permafrost for tens of thousands of yr , the incredibly well - preserved bodies of two lad are now indicate scientists how extinct spelunk lion steady the chill of northern snow - covered landscapes . A team from the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Centre for Paleogenetics in Sweden , lead by Russian researchers Gennady Boeskorov and Alexey Tikhonov , lately direct another flavour at the mummified bodies of two cave lion cubs – dub “ Sparta ” and “ Boris ” – discovered a few geezerhood ago on the camber of the Semyuelyakh River in Siberia ....