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Frozen In Time For Over 30,000 Years, Cave Lion Mummies Reveal A Legacy Of Interbreeding With Modern Lions During The Ice AgeA frozen cave lion cub named Sparta, which has been radiocarbon dated to ca 32,000 years before present and genetically identified as a female. Sparta was found in 2018 in Belaya Gora, near the Indigirka River in northeastern Siberia, and her genome was sequenced as part of this studyFrozen In Time For Over 30,000 Years, Cave Lion Mummies Reveal A Legacy Of Interbreeding With Modern Lions During The Ice AgeA frozen cave lion cub named Sparta, which has been radiocarbon dated to ca 32,000 years before present and genetically identified as a female. Sparta was found in 2018 in Belaya Gora, near the Indigirka River in northeastern Siberia, and her genome was sequenced as part of this study

Frozen In Time For Over 30,000 Years, Cave Lion Mummies Reveal A Legacy Of Interbreeding With Modern Lions During The Ice Age

The Ice Age love affair between modern lions and cave lions is revealed by ancient DNA.

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RIP MAVEN: NASA Ends Recovery Attempts For Mission That Discovered Aurorae And Atmosphere Loss On Mars

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Perfect Randomness Achieved In Quantum System For First Time: “It's Just Impossible To Predict The Future”

Broke: rolling a six-sided die. Bespoke: Breaking out the 30-meter quantum light tube for a truly random experience.

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