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A deadly long-distance hunter: DNA study reveals insights about the scimitar-toothed cat – Phys.org
Along with the wooly mammoth and the giant ground sloth, the saber-toothed cats were probably among the most famous animals that lived during the Pleistocene Ep…
Along with the wooly mammoth and the giant ground sloth, the saber-toothed cats were probably among the most famous animals that lived during the Pleistocene Epoch and went extinct before the end of last ice age. Over the years, saber-toothed cats have also been the subject of many research projects.
Now, for the first time, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in mapping the entire nuclear genome of a saber-toothed cat, the scimitar-toothed cat “Homotherium latidens”. T…
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