and P. fossilis. A 2022 study concluded that P. fossilis and P. spelaea represented a chronospecies lineage, with most differences between the two species explainable by size differences.

Evolution

The lion lineage is thought to have originated in Africa, with fossils of the lineage on the continent extending back to the Late Pliocene, with the ancestors of Panthera fossilis migrating out of Africa during the Early-Middle Pleistocene transition

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