The average cave lion’s height was around 3.11 ft (120 cm). For context, this is twice the size of striped hyenas and three times the size of clouded leopards. The average weight of a cave lion ...

Angel Acosta-Colon (shown here) poses with a number of pictographs, including an unusual find—an animal that looks like a lion. He speculates that this may be the first cave art drawn by slaves ...

What is clear is that a tool was used to deliver the dying blow to the animal, most likely a thrusting spear piercing through the cave lion's chest while he was lying on his side. Other marks on ...