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Re:An extinct cave lion, at least 10,000 years old by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @03:26PM (#10466698)
Remember, these are the creatures that lost. They were out-competed in their day. Also, their genes are likely still present today in some cousin species.
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Re:An extinct cave lion, at least 10,000 years old by guard-of-terra on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @04:02PM (#10466959)
They lost mainly due to climate change. Ice ages, all that stuff.
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Re:An extinct cave lion, at least 10,000 years old by voidlogic on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @04:56PM (#10467347)
>They lost mainly due to...

And in the case of the woolly mammoth, woolly rhinoceros and cave bear, likely humans.

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Re:An extinct cave lion, at least 10,000 years old by vallard on Thursday October 29, 2015 @01:56AM (#10469510)
Which may be another reason to bring them back: They probably taste really good.
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Re:An extinct cave lion, at least 10,000 years old by voidlogic on Thursday October 29, 2015 @12:22PM (#10472231)
>They probably taste really good.

Could be- Or they could have been a good investment for the ratio of effort to food gained. In the case of the cave bear it may have been a case of killing of creatures that could be predators when humans were not in a pack and competed for the same shelter sources.

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