The History of Lions

The History of Lions

Lions' evolutionary history is ambiguous because most of the subspecies that once roamed the Old World are now extinct. The findings offer a new understanding of the lion's past as well as new insights into how to conserve what remains for the future.

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➤ Narrated by: David McCallion

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[renaldoking]

I really love Lions! Lions are the world's best resemblance of royalty, strength, courage, and teamwork. That's why there scientific name genus is Panthera Leo. Also Lions are known as today of both King of the Jungle and King of Beasts in the Animal kingdom.🦁👑

[tigeristicworld]

Lions are one of the most popular and magnificent creatures on earth, older lions were even more ferocious powerful I'm glad they exist ❤

[Kilikkabs]

Lions are the most popular animals on earth they truly are magnificent we should save them from extinct

[Darkphoton]

I feel sad because Strong Lions became mostly history like cape lion, Barbary lion, cave lion etc
A strong wild cat in the world

[buffalocheezit]

This video! Is so cool! Keep up the good work! I. Would love to see. Woolly mammoth vrs elephant!

[rosswind]

The history of lions in Europe started from antiquity. The Greeks, the Etruscans, and the Romans for example highly praised the lion. For a long time European civilisations that came after continued the antique practice of animal combats, The lion kept his title "king of beasts" and his "universal symbol of power" all the time. Many asiatic civilisations praises the lion the same way as well. Their spread the lion statues all over their lands as well. Except for India, many of them had no native lions. But animal trades were common from the antique silk road around 200 BC. Kings from these countries receives live lions from Mesopotamia for example. Artifacts and some of their words for the lion had a "king" signification. They were greatly impressed by the lion. The Asiatic lion from antique Mesopotamia was first to be called king of beasts and was the most important animal. DNA taken from frozen Cave lion cubs, the Atrox American lion, the Asiatic lion, and North and South African lion shows little differences. At the end of the day, a lion is a lion.

[TropicOfCancer]

So there are only 2 subspecies, the Northern lion and the Southern lion just like tigers (Northern continental and Southern island)

[BaconHairsWantToRuleTheWorld]

I love lions
Also it's a shame these big cats became extinct
Eastern cougar
Javan tiger
Caspian tiger
Cape lion
Bali tiger
Barbary lion
Formosan clouded leopard

[sg_menace]

Lions are interesting creatures with a rich history

[shatnermohanty]

Next video on " Evolution of the Cheetah"

[Heis]

please make a video about kangal vs caucasian shepherd please bro <3 big fan

[ryosargeant]

Suggestion:Bengal Tiger vs Salt Water Crocodile

[derekrobertson]

A male lion is like the mob boss of the animal kingdom

[haroldalan]

Cave Lions and american are one of the most underrated Lion species ever they could make a Documentary or Tv show about them someday 🤨📺?

[nevytigers-hn]

Can you make an animal battle video between a Plains Zebra and a Grevy's Zebra

[xenon]

American lion didn't exist in Peru when scientists revalued the specimen it was actually an giant jaguar.

[indyreno]

The Lion (Panthera leo) is a large cat native to both Africa and Asia, it is the second largest living cat species in the world, there are twelve known subspecies of lion: the †European Lion (Panthera leo fossilis), the Indian Lion (Panthera leo persica), the †Ceylonese Lion (Panthera leo sinhaleyus), the †Egyptian Lion (Panthera leo aegyptiaca), the †Barbary Lion (Panthera leo leo), the West African Lion (Panthera leo senegalensis), the Congo Lion (Panthera leo azandica), the East African Lion (Panthera leo nubica), the Ethiopian Lion (Panthera leo roosevelti), the Katanga Lion (Panthera leo bleyenberghi), the Transvaal Lion (Panthera leo krugeri), and the †Cape Lion (Panthera leo melanochaita), the european lion is the most basal known lion subspecies and evolved first, then followed by the split between two clades, the asiatic lions, which comprise the Panthera leo persica group and contains the extant indian lion and the extinct ceylonese lion and the african lions, which comprise the Panthera leo leo group and contains all the other nine lion subspecies that all only reside in Africa, which are the egyptian lion, the barbary lion, the west african lion, the congo lion, the east african lion, the ethiopian lion, the katanga lion, the transvaal lion, and the cape lion.

[haroldalan]

Lions are one of the oldest animals to exist on the world but the Prehistoric ones are kinda hard to recognize since they've been long extinct from the Ice age🧊🧊.

[kxngsimonJ.M.H]

Lions actually originated from Eastern and Southern Africa then went to Eurasia long after you don’t see lions anywhere else in the wild but Africa

[ryosargeant]

Suggestion:Bengal Tiger vs Mugger Crocodile