Get the latest Science News and Discoveries

DNA from old hair helps confirm the macabre diet of two 19th century lions


Genetic analysis of cavity crud from two famed man-eating lions suggests the method could re-create diets of predators that lived thousands of years ago.

None

Get the Android app

Or read this on Science News

Read more on:

Photo of macabre diet

macabre diet

Photo of DNA

DNA

Photo of old hair

old hair

Related news:

News photo

DNA Reveals the Origin Stories of America’s Captive Tigers

News photo

Vikings Sailed to The Ends of Earth to Search For Ivory, DNA Suggests

News photo

Who lives in the treetops? DNA-collecting drone provides insights