The lions’ teeth were damaged during their lifetimes. Study co-author Thomas Gnoske found thousands of hairs embedded in the exposed cavities of the broken teeth. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!
This front tooth, on a mannequin, is broken. The edges of the tooth are jagged ... to make sure there's no ledges, and make sure it's as smooth as possible," said Shahhal. "A lot of these have ...
Now, an innovative genetic analysis of hairs trapped inside the cavities of their broken teeth ... in ancient teeth,” said Dalén, who wasn’t involved in this study. “But no one has thought ...
Scientists analyzed hairs extracted from the broken teeth of two 19th century 'man-eater' lions. Their analysis revealed DNA from giraffe, human, oryx, waterbuck, wildebeest and zebra as prey ...