Perfectly preserved lion cubs that died 44,000 years ago

Tests are underway on the lions to extract as much information as possible.

The cave lions were the largest predators after bears in ancient , and in the area where we find skulls of cave lions there is only a handful of bear skulls.

Lions reigned in ancient Siberia because at the time it was savanna, bears needed more woods.

‘Cave lion cubs are superbly preserved, you can even see their whiskers, and we are hoping to fetch a lot more information from them.’

The scientist predicted: ‘There is a very realistic chance to recreate cave lions and it would be a lot easier than to clone a woolly mammoth.